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Summary

Pair of mounds near leat. The southern pillow mound survives as a 35m by 11m by 1.5m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. The northern mound survives as an 8m by 4.7m by 1m high mound surrounded on 3 sides by a 2m wide and 0.3m deep quarry ditch. The northern end of this mound has been removed by the Lee Moor China Clay Leat. The V-shaped gully lies between the mounds, measures 0.8m wide and 0.1m deep and the material upcast during its construction survives as a 1.5m wide and 0.2m high bank on the edge of the interior formed by the feature. This may have served as a vermin trap.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE133
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/236/4
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438876

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 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 140384, 16/04/1995 MPP 140384, 16/04/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Pillow mounds and V-shaped gully at SX 5857 6598 and SX 5855 6600.
The southern pillow mound survives as a 35m by 11m by 1.5m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.
The northern mound survives as an 8m by 4.7m by 1m high mound surrounded on 3 sides by a 2m wide and 0.3m deep quarry ditch. The northern end of this mound has been removed by the Lee Moor China Clay Leat. The V-shaped gully lies between the mounds, measures 0.8m wide and 0.1m deep and the material upcast during its construction survives as a 1.5m wide and 0.2m high bank on the edge of the interior formed by the feature. This may have served as a vermin trap.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 48 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 230 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Depicted on survey.

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

Visible on aerial image.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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