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Summary

Location uncertain (AR). Vis=8/9/1994 (gerrard) pillow mound survives as an 8m by 4.8m by 1.4m high, flat topped, oval shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on 4 sides by the 1.5m wide and 0.5m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. A 2m square and 0.3m deep hollow in the ne side of the mound may be the result of an early partial excavation (mpp).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014653: Pillow mound 700m north east of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of Merrivale Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/13/11
• Old SAM Ref: 24209(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV227939.

Nar=sx57ne29.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV227940.

Butler, j. /dartmoor atlas of antiquities/2(1991)82.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV227941.

Crossing, w. /dartmoor worker/(1992)114.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., Des=mpp/133465. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Vis=8/9/1994 (gerrard) pillow mound survives as an 8m by 4.8m by 1.4m high, flat topped, oval shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on 4 sides by the 1.5m wide and 0.5m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. A 2m square and 0.3m deep hollow in the ne side of the mound may be the result of an early partial excavation (mpp).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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