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Summary

Pillow mound forming part of Willings Walls Warren. Survives as a 20m by 7m by 1m high, flat topped, rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.3m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. An 18m long, 0.8m wide and 0.4m deep narrow gully leads south-west from the lower end of the ditch towards the nearby tin streamwork. This may be interpreted as a vermin trap.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014457: Pillow mound 620m ESE of Legis Tor forming part of Willings Walls Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE135
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/237/3
• Old SAM Ref: 24223(P)
• Pastscape: 438879

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor, 52-4 (Monograph). SDV309252.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140381, 03/04/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(03/04/1995) Pillow mound forming part of Willings Walls Warren. Survives as a 20m by 7m by 1m high, flat topped, rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.3m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. An 18m long, 0.8m wide and 0.4m deep narrow gully leads south-west from the lower end of the ditch towards the nearby tin streamwork. This may be interpreted as a vermin trap.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Depicted on the GIS survey layers based on the 2002 survey visits to the Plym Valley.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-18 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(18/11/2019) Condition assessed as moderate; vegetation encroachment is threatening feature. Hard to locate feature due to tall dying bracken cover at time of survey. Orientation of pillow mound as shown on map did not appear to match orientation on ground. Area has many large long lumps and mounds from tin works.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during November 2019 visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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