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Summary

Two pillow mounds and V-shaped gully forming part of Hentor Warren. The western pillow mound survives as a 33m by 4m by 1.3m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.3m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. This mound is unusual in that it is aligned along the contour of the hillside. The eastern pillow mound is of similar appearance and survives as a 44m by 5m by 1.5m high mound with a 3m wide and 0.7m deep ditch visible on three sides. The V-shaped gully lies downslope of the mounds.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE133
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/236/19
• 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 140431, 11/04/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5896 6633, SX 5899 6632 and SX 5894 6635. Two pillow mounds and V-shaped gully forming part of Hentor Warren.
The wester pillow mound survives as a 33m by 4m by 1.3m high, flat topped, sub rectangular mound of soil +and stone surrounded by the 2m wide and 0.3m deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. This mound is unusual in that it is aligned along the contour of the hillside.
The eastern pillow mound is of similar appearance and survives as a 44m by 5m by 1.5m high mound with a 3m wide and 0.7m deep ditch visible on three sides. Both mounds overlie earlier field boundary banks which form part of an extensive field system which is considered to have been built during the Medieval period and reused in post-Medieval times.
The V-shaped gully lies downslope of the mounds. The western arm is 35m long, 1m wide and 0.3m deep and leads into a leat. The eastern arm has identical dimensions but cuts through the leat. Gullies such as this one are generally considered to be drains, although their location on steep well drained slopes suggests that some at least may have served as animal runs leading to vermin traps or snares.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 268/102.967 (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

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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