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| HER Number: | MDV55425 |
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| Name: | Pillow mound south of Hentor Warren |
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Summary
Pillow mound survives as a 35m by 7m by 0.5m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone. A 2m wide and 0.1m deep ditch adjacent and parallel to the e side of the mound represents the ditch from which construction material was quarried. The remaining lengths of this ditch are no longer visible and survive as buried features beneath the peat.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 588 653 |
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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/236/14
- 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 140426, 11/04/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Pillow mound survives as a 35m by 7m by 0.5m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone. A 2m wide and 0.1m deep ditch adjacent and parallel to the e side of the mound represents the ditch from which construction material was quarried. The remaining lengths of this ditch are no longer visible and survive as buried features beneath the peat.
Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 186/102.576 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
Recorded in survey.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Faintly visible on the aerial photography.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV143510 | Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 186/102.576. |
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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 140426, 11/04/1995. |
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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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| SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #122286 ] |
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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 15 2019 10:35AM |
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