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Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm

England
List entry 1015048
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015048
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
ST 81100 10135
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pillow mound on Okeford Hill is a medieval rabbit warren earthwork, a form of managed game enclosure designed to support intensive rabbit production for food. The site comprises an artificial mound formed by the excavation and landscaping of soil, a characteristic feature of medieval pillow mounds that provided favourable habitat for rabbit warrens. Dating to the medieval period, such structures represent an important agricultural enterprise within the feudal economy, with rabbits being a valuable commodity for both sustenance and fur. The earthwork's survival as an upstanding monument on Okeford Hill preserves evidence of this specialised medieval land use and management practice in Dorset.

Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015048. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm?

Pillow mound on Okeford Hill is a medieval rabbit warren earthwork, a form of managed game enclosure designed to support intensive rabbit production for food. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015048.

Who is responsible for protecting Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm?

Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m 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 1015048.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park Pale of Milton Abbey deer park (7.9 km), Deserted town of Milton Abbas (8.4 km), Bowl barrow in Ruins Plantation 200m east of The Retreat (8.4 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Park Pale of Milton Abbey deer park
7.9 km
Deserted town of Milton Abbas
8.4 km
Bowl barrow in Ruins Plantation 200m east of The Retreat
8.4 km
Bowl barrow 650m north west of Long Ash Farm
8.9 km
Bingham's Melcombe deserted village
9 km
Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 25m south of Whitechurch Hill Barn
10.6 km
Bowl barrow 775m south east of Charisworth Cottages
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm

Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Pillow mound on Okeford Hill 690m east of Hartcliff Farm

DorchesterRoman town · ~14.2 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~14.6 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~16.1 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~19.5 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~16.1 miles
Domesday entry for Okeford, Dorset →
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