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Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down is a group of earthwork monuments consisting of three raised linear mounds situated on Ashey Down in Hampshire. These pillow mounds, which date to the medieval period, represent evidence of medieval rabbit warrening, a practice through which landowners intensively managed rabbit populations as a valuable source of meat and fur. The mounds themselves are characteristic of warren management systems, being constructed to provide suitable habitat and nesting sites for the rabbits that were commercially exploited on the estate. The site remains visible today as earthwork evidence of the medieval economy and the exploitation of natural resources by the landholding classes.
Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012756. View the official record →
Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down is a group of earthwork monuments consisting of three raised linear mounds situated on Ashey Down in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012756.
Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down 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 1012756.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monastic grange at Haseley Manor (3.9 km), Sandown Barrack Battery (4.3 km), Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church (4.4 km).
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Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.