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Eight pillow mounds and a vermin trap on the northern slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor is a scheduled ancient monument forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren, a medieval rabbit warren located on Dartmoor in Devon. The pillow mounds, also known as lynchets or warren mounds, are earthwork features characteristic of medieval and post-medieval warrens, constructed to provide suitable habitat for rabbits and to aid in their management and catching. The associated vermin trap represents the practical infrastructure required to protect the warren from predators that threatened the rabbit population. The site demonstrates the agricultural and economic importance of rabbit keeping as a resource in the medieval and early modern periods, when warrens such as this supplied both meat and fur to local communities.
Eight pillow mounds and a vermin trap on the northern slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015758. View the official record →
Eight pillow mounds and a vermin trap on the northern slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor is a scheduled ancient monument forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren, a medieval rabbit warren located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015758.
Eight pillow mounds and a vermin trap on the northern slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015758.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (4.9 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (5 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.3 km).
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