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Pillow mound on Okeford Hill is a medieval artificial warren earthwork located in Dorset. The site comprises a distinctive linear mound constructed to facilitate rabbit breeding, a practice that became increasingly common amongst landowners from the 12th century onwards. Such pillow mounds were designed to provide suitable habitat for coneys, which were valued for their fur and meat and represented an important agricultural resource during the medieval period. The monument survives as a prominent earthwork and demonstrates the medieval exploitation of marginal land for specialized husbandry purposes.
Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 660m east of Hartcliff Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015043. View the official record →
Pillow mound on Okeford Hill is a medieval artificial warren earthwork located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015043.
Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 660m east of Hartcliff Farm 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 1015043.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park Pale of Milton Abbey deer park (8 km), Deserted town of Milton Abbas (8.4 km), Bowl barrow in Ruins Plantation 200m east of The Retreat (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 660m east of Hartcliff Farm'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 on Okeford Hill 660m east of Hartcliff Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.