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Summary

Pillow mound of 11 metres by 2.7 metres by 0.8 metres high within the rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020876: Prehistoric settlement, field system and rabbit warren south of Longaford Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Archaeological Record: SX67NW72
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/117/4
• Old SAM Ref: 34551(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX67NW72, SX67NW72 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV254256.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Visible on aerial photographs.

Pattison, P., 1989, Cherrybrook and Longaford Survey, Plan (Report - Survey). SDV337021.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 156974 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 22nd April 2002. Pillow mound 590 metres south-west of Longaford Tor, forming part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors. Flat topped mound of 11 metres by 2.7 metres by 0.8 metres high with a ditch 1.2 metres wide by 0.5 metres deep along the long sides. A scoop cut into the northern side of the mound about halfway along its length has exposed the earth and stone core of the mound. Grass and bracken.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 60-61, Map 29, Figure 29.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of the 'buries' at 'Littaford Tors West' settlement.

English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.

Not shown on survey

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Visible on Lidar data.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Pillow mound shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1020876 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

One of 22 pillow mounds within the Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8644 - Cherrybrook and Longford Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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