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| HER Number: | MDV55429 |
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| Name: | Pillow mound in field system, Hentor Warren |
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Summary
Pillow mound and animal run. The pillow mound survives as a 27m by 7m by 0.9m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 1m wide and 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. The mound overlies an earlier field boundary bank which forms part of an extensive field system which is considered to have been built during the Medieval period and reused in post-Medieval times. The animal run survives as a 50m long, 1m wide and 0.2m deep linear gully leading directly downslope. This gully cuts through a field boundary forming part of an historic field system, but is cut by a leat towards its northern end.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 589 662 |
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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/236/18
- 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 140430, 11/04/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Pillow mound at SX5894 6623 and animal run at SX 5887 6629. The pillow mound survives as a 27m by 7m by 0.9m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 1m wide and 0.2m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. The mound overlies an earlier field boundary bank which forms part of an extensive field system which is considered to have been built during the Medieval period and reused in post-Medieval times.
The animal run survives as a 50m long, 1m wide and 0.2m deep linear gully leading directly downslope. This gully cuts through a field boundary forming part of an historic field system, but is cut by a leat towards its northern end.
Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 227/102.846b (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
| SDV143510 | Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 227/102.846b. |
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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 140430, 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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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #122266 ] |
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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 3:20PM |
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