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Two pillow mounds 640m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a pair of earthwork features forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren, a medieval and post-medieval rabbit warren situated on Dartmoor in Devon. Pillow mounds are artificial burrow systems constructed to facilitate the management and harvesting of rabbits, which were valued as a food source and fur commodity. These particular examples, located within the wider warren complex, date to the medieval or early post-medieval period when such warrens were established as commercial enterprises on moorland estates. The earthworks remain visible as low mounds in the landscape, representing the surviving physical evidence of intensive rabbit husbandry practices that were widespread across England during this period.
Two pillow mounds 640m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015747. View the official record →
Two pillow mounds 640m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a pair of earthwork features forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren, a medieval and post-medieval rabbit warren situated on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015747.
Two pillow mounds 640m ENE 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 1015747.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (5 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (5 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.4 km).
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