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Summary

Pillow mound of 8 metres by 3.4 metres by 1.3 metres high 70 metres east of Crockern forming part of a 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/235/4
• Old SAM Ref: 34556.4

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, 1:0000 Plan (Report - Survey). SDV257747.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157083. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 25th April 2002. Pillow mound 70 metres east of Crockern forming part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors. Mound of 8 metres by 3.4 metres by 1.3 metres. Ditch 2 metres wide, 0.7 metres deep. Edges of mound formed by roughly placed granite rocks. Gaps between the stones are filled with drystone walling. Shares a ditch with pillow mound to the east. Old animal burrows. Grass and gorse.

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. Three mounds survive in a tight cluster, with the two southernmost ones sharing a ditch. These three mounds vary in length between 8 metres and 12.3 metres and stand between 1.3 metres and 1.6 metres high. The edges of each mound are formed by roughly placed granite rocks between which is drystone walling. 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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