HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV57402
Name:Pillow mound south-west of Great Mis Tor, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Pillow mound of 8.9 metre by 4.1 metres and 0.9 metre high to the south-west of Greast Mis Tor

Location

Grid Reference:SX 556 765
Map Sheet:SX57NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 57 NE 29
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/13/25
  • Old SAM Ref: 28788(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • PILLOW MOUND (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143915 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 16th November 1994. Pillow mound survives as an 8.9 metre by 4.1 metres and 0.9 metre high, flat topped, oval mound of soil and stone surrounded on 4 sides by the 2 metre wide and 0.15 metre deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. It has seen limited damage as a result of a trench being cut into it. This trench may be the result of an early partial excavation by an antiquarian who mistook this mound for a long cairn.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 70, Map 30, Figure 30.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

'Bury' shown to the north-east of 'Little Mis Tor West 1' settlement.

GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.

Visible on aerial photogrph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 70, Map 30, Figure 30.3.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 143915.
SDV351585Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #95805 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV14150Part of: Merrivale Warren, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV27080Related to: Pillow mound on west slope of Great Mis Tor, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV29181Related to: Pillow mound west of settlement to the west of Little Mis Tor, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV57403Related to: Pillow mound west of settlement west of Little Mis Tor, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 27 2022 12:47PM