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Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest

England
List entry 1002234
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002234
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.49 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 45237 31223, TQ 45257 31109, TQ 45255 31053, TQ 45380 31005, TQ 45276 30951, TQ 45369 30922, TQ 45511 30814
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest is a group of artificial earthworks located on Ashdown Forest in Sussex, England. These monuments date to the medieval period and represent evidence of rabbit warren management, a common practice on manorial estates from the twelfth century onwards. The mounds are elongated ridges constructed to provide optimal conditions for breeding and maintaining populations of rabbits, which were valued as a source of meat and fur for the lord's household and as a commercial commodity. The surviving earthworks on Ashdown Forest demonstrate the scale of medieval land management practices and the importance of warrening as an established economic activity on the forest.

Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002234. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest?

Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest is a group of artificial earthworks located on Ashdown Forest in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002234.

Who is responsible for protecting Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest?

Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest 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 1002234.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British bloomery in Pippingford Park, 775m north-east of Pippingford House (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 300m east of Tile Lodge (1.5 km), Settlement site 1/2 mile (800m) NNW of King's Standing (2.2 km).

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Overview
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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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Romano-British bloomery in Pippingford Park, 775m north-east of Pippingford House
0.7 km
Bowl barrow 300m east of Tile Lodge
1.5 km
Settlement site 1/2 mile (800m) NNW of King's Standing
2.2 km
King's Standing
2.4 km
Chelwood Gate Enclosure
3.9 km
Oldlands furnace
4.6 km
Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House
5.3 km
Hendall Furnace, 390m north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse
5.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest

Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~12.6 miles
Domesday entry for Parrock, Sussex →
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