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Pillow mound 210m east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren
Devon
Pillow mounds are low, elongated earthworks built to encourage rabbit warrens, managed as a medieval and post-medieval food resource. This example forms part of Trowlesworthy Warren, located east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor on Dartmoor's eastern slopes. The warren would have been tended by a warrener, who maintained the mounds and managed the rabbit population for local lords or landowners.
Today the mound is a subtle feature in the moorland landscape, visible as a slight earthwork among grass and heather. It sits within a wider pattern of warren management that shaped parts of Dartmoor for centuries. The site is a scheduled monument, marking its historical significance in the story of medieval land use on the moor.
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