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| HER Number: | MDV55421 |
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| Name: | Pillow mound by Hentor Brook |
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Summary
Pillow mound forming part of Hentor Warren. Survives as a 24m by 5m by 0.7m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 1.8m wide and 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. Another pillow mound is shown on the Ordnance Survey 1:10000 map and by Butler lying immediately south of this mound. This second mound could not be traced during field investigation, although tin streamwork earthworks were noted in this area.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 585 655 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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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: SX56NE133
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/236/10
- 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 140421 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
01/05/1995 Pillow mound forming part of Hentor Warren. Survives as a 24m by 5m by 0.7m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 1.8m wide and 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.
Another pillow mound is shown on the 1:10000 map and by Butler lying immediately south of this mound. This second mound could not be traced during field investigation, although tin streamwork earthworks were noted in this area.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 93; Map 49 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
Recorded in survey.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Visible on the aerial image.
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. 93; Map 49. |
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| SDV143510 | Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. |
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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 140421. |
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| SDV309252 | Monograph: Brewer, D.. 1986. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. Unknown. 52-4. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #122273 ] |
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| SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13510 | Part of: Hentor Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 14 2019 4:09PM |
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