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Summary

Isolated pillow mound of 12.2 metres by 4 metres by 0.9 metres high in north-east corner of the rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020879: Three pillow mounds adjacent to Longaford Tor forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors

Other References/Statuses

• National Archaeological Record: SX67NW72
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/117/23
• Old SAM Ref: 34554

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.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157070 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 19th April 2002. Pillow mound 100 metres north of Longaford Tor, forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors. Flat topped mound 12.2 metres by 4 metres by 0.9 metres high with a ditch 2 metres wide by 0.4 metres deep. The edges of the mound are mostly very steep with revetment showing in places. At the eastern end is a very large earthfast boulder. The western 2 metres of the mound has been quarried away. Another smaller scoop has been taken out of the northeast corner. Grass and rushes.

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

Pillow mound shown on survey.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1020879 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

The monument, which falls into three separate areas of protection, includes three pillow mounds situated near the summit of Longaford Tor, within Longaford Newtake. The northern pillow mound survives as a 12.2 metres long, 4 metres wide and 0.9 metres high, flat-topped, oblong-shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on three sides by the 2 metre wide and 0.4 metres deep ditch from which material was quarried during its construction. The sides of the mound are mostly very steep with drystone revetment showing in places.

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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