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Pillow mound 860m SSE of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a medieval earthwork forming part of the Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. The feature is a characteristic pillow or hemp mound, a type of artificial cultivation ridge constructed during the medieval period to improve drainage and soil conditions for arable farming or to support warrens dedicated to rabbit breeding. The mound survives as an elongated, low earthen bank with a distinctive central depression or ridgeline, typical of such features documented across the south-western peninsula. As part of the broader Trowlesworthy Warren monument, this element contributes to understanding the medieval and post-medieval management of marginal moorland landscape, demonstrating the intensive agricultural enterprise that characterised such warren complexes between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Pillow mound 860m SSE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014616. View the official record →
Pillow mound 860m SSE of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a medieval earthwork forming part of the Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014616.
Pillow mound 860m SSE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, 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 1014616.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (4.4 km), Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains (5 km), Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park (5.6 km).
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