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Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known locally as Giants' Graves, is a series of earthwork monuments located in Yorkshire. These linear mounds, characteristic of medieval warren features, date to the medieval period and represent evidence of organised rabbit or hare management on the landscape. The monuments consist of elongated, pillow-shaped earthworks typical of those constructed to facilitate the breeding and control of game animals for aristocratic hunting and food production. Such features are found across England and reflect the economic importance of warrens to medieval landholders.
Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012002. View the official record →
Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known locally as Giants' Graves, is a series of earthwork monuments located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012002.
Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves 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 1012002.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Wood bowl barrow (2.5 km), Moated site W of Paget Hall (3.7 km), Scale Hill round cairn (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves'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 mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.