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Summary

Pillow mound survives as an 18.3 metre long, 5.0 metre wide and 1.2 metre high, flat-topped, oblong-shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.7 metre wide and 0.6 metre deep ditch from which construction material was quarried.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008714: Pillow mound 180m west of Legis Tor forming part of Legistor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/239/3
• Old SAM Ref: 24128

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLOW MOUND (Constructed, XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Linehan, C. D., 1966, Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon, 141 (Article in Serial). SDV307246.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130895, 22/2/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Pillow mound survives as an 18.3 metre long, 5.0 metre wide and 1.2 metre high, flat-topped, oblong-shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.7 metre wide and 0.6 metre deep ditch from which construction material was quarried. The perimeter of the upper end of the mound is partly revetted by drystone walling, which may survive elsewhere as a buried feature.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

This monument includes a pillow mound situated on the south west facing slope of Legis Tor overlooking the valley of Legis Lake. The pillow mound survives as an 18.3m long, 5m wide and 1.2m high, flat-topped, oblong shaped mound of soil and stone surrounded on four sides by the 2.7m wide and 0.6m deep ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the mound.
The perimeter of the upper end of the mound is partly revetted by drystone walling, which may survive elsewhere as a buried feature. This mound forms part of the rabbit warren at Legis Tor which is sometimes called New Warren and may have operated jointly with Trowlesworthy Warren until recent times when it became an adjunct of Ditsworthy Warren. The name New Warren strongly suggests that there was an earlier warren on the site.
Dating of the warren is difficult because there are no early documentary references, although it is generally accepted that the warren on the other side of the River Plym at Trowlesworthy had been established by 1292.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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