Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough

England
List entry 1012499
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012499
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
ST 81733 94376
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough is a medieval earthwork located in Gloucestershire. The monument consists of a low, elongated mound characteristic of pillow mounds, which were constructed during the medieval period as artificial warrens for the management and breeding of rabbits. This particular example represents the material evidence of commercial rabbit farming, an activity that became established in England from the Norman period onwards and remained economically significant throughout the medieval era. The survival of such earthworks provides important archaeological testimony to medieval land use practices and the exploitation of game resources on monastic or manorial estates.

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012499. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough?

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough is a medieval earthwork located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012499.

Who is responsible for protecting Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough?

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough 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 1012499.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including West Barrow: a long barrow 200m west of Leighterton School (3.1 km), Three bowl barrows 850m east of Park Wood Farm (4.7 km), Tresham Farbarrow round barrows (4.8 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.