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Two pillow mounds 415m and 430m north-east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a Bronze Age and medieval monument forming part of the larger Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. The pillow mounds are characteristic earthwork features constructed as artificial rabbit warrens, a form of medieval animal husbandry intensified during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, though the site shows evidence of earlier Bronze Age activity. The mounds are typically low, elongated banks with depressed centres, designed to provide suitable habitat and encourage rabbit breeding for food and fur production. As part of the scheduled Trowlesworthy Warren, these features represent the evolution of land management practices on Dartmoor and the overlay of medieval economic activity upon earlier prehistoric settlement patterns.
Two pillow mounds 415m and 430m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015754. View the official record →
Two pillow mounds 415m and 430m north-east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a Bronze Age and medieval monument forming part of the larger Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015754.
Two pillow mounds 415m and 430m north east of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren 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 1015754.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (5.1 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (5.1 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.5 km).
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