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| HER Number: | MDV55256 |
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| Name: | Pillow mound 160m south west of Great Trowlesworthy Tor |
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Summary
Gerrard (1994) records a pillow mound here, but it is not recorded by the National Trust report or the 2002 English Heritage survey. Survives as a 16m by 6m by 1.1m high, flat topped, oblong shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.7m wide and 0.5m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. A 14m by 0.8m by 0.15m deep narrow gully leading south-west from the ditch may represent an animal run in which rabbits and vermin could have been trapped.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 578 642 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 66
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/198/84/2
- Old SAM Ref: 24250
- Pastscape: 439294
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 431 (Monograph). SDV320981.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130637 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(30/06/1994) SX 5786 6420 Pillow mound forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren. Survives as a 16m by 6m by 1.1m high, flat topped, oblong shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.7m wide and 0.5m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. A 14m by 0.8m by 0.15m deep narrow gully leading south-west from the ditch may represent an animal run in which rabbits and vermin could have been trapped.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 51 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Pillow mound is depicted on the MastMaps but can not be seen on the aerial photographs and was not recorded by the 2002 English Heritage survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. Map 51. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130637. |
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| SDV320981 | Monograph: Crossing, W.. 1912 (1965). Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 431. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #95173 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV14148 | Part of: Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | May 5 2020 8:42AM |
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