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Two pillow mounds 660m ENE of Merrivale Bridge is a scheduled ancient monument forming part of Merrivale Warren on Dartmoor in Devon. These earthworks are characteristic of medieval rabbit warrens, a system of land management established to produce rabbits as a valued food source and fur commodity for the local lord. The site dates to the medieval period, when such enclosed warrens became increasingly common across England as a means of intensively managing rabbit populations. The pillow mounds themselves are the distinctive elongated burial-like mounds that served as artificial breeding grounds and shelter for rabbits, a technology refined over centuries of medieval husbandry practice.
Two pillow mounds 660m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of Merrivale Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014672. View the official record →
Two pillow mounds 660m ENE of Merrivale Bridge is a scheduled ancient monument forming part of Merrivale Warren on Dartmoor in Devon.
Two pillow mounds 660m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of Merrivale 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 1014672.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement on Wigford Down S of Durance (9.9 km), Hut circle on Wigford Down (10.1 km), Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren (10.1 km).
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Two pillow mounds 660m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of Merrivale Warren stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.