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Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a post-medieval earthwork feature located in Breconshire, Wales, consisting of a series of elongated, parallel ridges characteristic of rabbit warren construction. These mounds date to the post-medieval period, when the systematic cultivation of rabbit populations for meat and fur represented an important agricultural enterprise. The site exemplifies the landscape modifications undertaken to support this subsistence practice, with the ridged topography designed to facilitate rabbit burrow management and warren maintenance. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection (SAM BR173), the site preserves evidence of early modern agricultural intensification in the Welsh uplands.
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR173. View the official record →
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a post-medieval earthwork feature located in Breconshire, Wales, consisting of a series of elongated, parallel ridges characteristic of rabbit warren construction. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR173.
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a pillow mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pillow Mounds at Pant Mawr is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is BR173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Blast Furnaces at Banwen (3.5 km), Section of Road NE of Coelbren Fort (3.6 km), Coelbren Fort (3.7 km).
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