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Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a medieval landscape feature forming part of the Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. The pillow mound represents an artificial earthwork constructed to provide habitat for rabbits, which were managed as a valuable resource in medieval and early post-medieval periods. The associated animal run, a linear earthwork, served to direct and control the movement of rabbits across the warren landscape. Together these features comprise part of a broader system of medieval warren management that exploited Dartmoor's open moorland for the commercial production of rabbit meat and fur.
Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014657. View the official record →
Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a medieval landscape feature forming part of the Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014657.
Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east 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 1014657.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (5.3 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (5.3 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pillow mound and animal run 830m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.