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Six pillow mounds in Crockern Newtake is a rabbit warren comprising a series of earthwork mounds located on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors in Devon. The monument represents an outlying portion of a larger warren complex and dates to the medieval period, when such enclosed areas were maintained for the commercial rearing and hunting of rabbits as a valuable food source. Pillow mounds, the characteristic features of medieval rabbit warrens, are low rectangular earthen banks typically arranged in regular patterns to provide artificial burrows and facilitate management of the rabbit population. The survival of these earthworks demonstrates the medieval exploitation of moorland resources on Dartmoor and the organisation of agricultural and hunting activities on the upland landscape.
Six pillow mounds in Crockern Newtake forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020881. View the official record →
Six pillow mounds in Crockern Newtake is a rabbit warren comprising a series of earthwork mounds located on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020881.
Six pillow mounds in Crockern Newtake forming an outlying part of a rabbit warren on the western slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors 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 1020881.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn with a cist near the head of a southern tributary of Langcombe Brook (9.7 km), Cairn north-west of Ditsworthy Warren House (10 km), Pillow mound 730m north east of Hen Tor forming part of Hentor Warren (10 km).
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