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Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down is a pair of earthwork features located on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Pillow mounds are low, elongated artificial banks typically dating from the medieval or early post-medieval period, constructed to create raised warrens for the management of rabbits, which were valued as a food resource and fur supply. These examples on Ashey Down represent the landscape management practices of landowners during this period, when rabbit warrens were common features across the Hampshire and Isle of Wight countryside. The mounds remain visible as slight earthwork features in the downland landscape, providing archaeological evidence of medieval agricultural and subsistence practices.
Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012755. View the official record →
Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down is a pair of earthwork features located on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012755.
Two pillow mounds 400m ENE 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 1012755.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monastic grange at Haseley Manor (3.7 km), Sandown Barrack Battery (4.2 km), Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church (4.4 km).
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