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Summary

Pillow mound of 55.5 metres long by 3.8 metres wide by 1.3 metres high within the rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020881: Six pillow mounds in Crockern Newtake forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/235/2
• Old SAM Ref: 34556.3

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, Crockern Survey, !:10000 Plan (Report - Survey). SDV257747.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157081. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 25th April 2002. Pillow mound 90 metres north-east of Crockern forming part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors. Mound 55.5 metres long by 3.8 metres wide by 1.3 metres high. Ditch 2 metres wide by 0.5 metres deep. Survives largely as a steep sided earthwork. Several breaks in the mound have severe animal poaching within them. Revetment visible in places. Gorse and grass.

Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.

'Pillow Mounds' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1020881 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

The monument, which falls into four separate areas of protection, includes six pillow mounds situated near Crockern overlooking the West Dart River within Crockern Newtake. The western mound is 55.5 metres long, 3.8 metres wide and 1.3 metres high and survives largely as a steep sided earthwork. These pillow mounds form an outlying part of a substantial warren which survives on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors and includes at least 32 pillow mounds and a warreners' house. A warren is known to have been established in this area in 1895 by James Saltroun of Powder Mills and was abandoned sometime before 1914. Some of the pillow mounds may however belong to an earlier undocumented warren.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8642 - Crockern Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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