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| HER Number: | MDV55422 |
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| Name: | Pillow mound in Hentor Meadow |
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Summary
Pillow mound forming part of Hentor Warren on the edge of a small unnamed stream leading from Hentor Meadow. Survives as a 28m by 6m by 1m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.1m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 586 655 |
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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/236/11
- 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
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Pillow mound recorded from aerial photographs.
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 140422, 01/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
SX 5862 6554, on the edge of a small unnamed stream leading from Hentor Meadow. Pillow mound forming part of Hentor Warren. Survives as a 28m by 6m by 1m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.1m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.
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 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 140422, 01/05/1995. |
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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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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #122274 ] |
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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 4:21PM |
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