Pillow Mounds At Huntingdon Warren

[Arry 25,821]

Been wanting to go and have a look a some Pillow Mound on Dartmoor. So walked up to the Avon Dam then on for a mile or two and there they were at least twenty of them and loads more all over the hill. Them old Warrener's did some graft about 6' high with a ditch all the way round ranging from 20' long to 50' long then drainage trenches that zig zag down the hill.

 

There must have been thousands of rabbits on this hill at one time but now could not see any sign at all,I would love to ferret one of these that was active.

 

Cheers Arry

Edited August 24, 2017 by Arry

[Phil Lloyd 10,740]

A lovely sight,..but, it is not all it seems Arry,...

 

I've done a fair few Burial Mounds, ancient sites, old traditional Warrens,.etc and even when they are packed to the gunnels, the job often slows down after a frenzied twenty odd...Then,..its digging time, and as you have probably noticed,..them rabbit Shangralas are mighty deep...

Edited August 24, 2017 by Phil Lloyd

[Arry 25,821]

A lovely sight,..but, it is not all it seems Arry,...

 

I've done a fair few Burial Mounds, ancient sites, old traditional Warrens,.etc and even when they are packed to the gunnels, the job often slows down after a frenzied twenty odd...Then,..its digging time, and as you have probably noticed,..them rabbit Shangralas are mighty deep...

I could suffer a frenzied twenty odd, we don't get many of them. Lol

 

Cheers Arry

[Neal 1,930]

 

A lovely sight,..but, it is not all it seems Arry,...

 

I've done a fair few Burial Mounds, ancient sites, old traditional Warrens,.etc and even when they are packed to the gunnels, the job often slows down after a frenzied twenty odd...Then,..its digging time, and as you have probably noticed,..them rabbit Shangralas are mighty deep...

I could suffer a frenzied twenty odd, we don't get many of them. Lol

 

Cheers Arry

 

Me too Arry! I've just got back from a week in North Devon and my two kelpies saw more (out of season) rabbits in one week than poor Noggin's seen in his whole life.

[Aussie Whip 4,367]

What are they,never seen or heard of them.

[Arry 25,821]

What are they,never seen or heard of them.

Aussie whip Warrener's used to farm rabbits and created these pillow mounds man made burrows kept drained to encourage them to breed. But the sheer amount of work needed to create them and the drainage ditches gob smacked me, they look like giant graves. I only looked around a few hundred yards and there were about twenty, the whole of Huntingdon Warren covers 600 hundred acres so i've no idea how many mounds there are.

 

http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/rabb_warr.htm

 

have a look at this link, it will explain better than i could.

 

Cheers Arry

Edited August 24, 2017 by Arry

[Aussie Whip 4,367]

Thanks Arry, amazing the trouble they went to. but at those prices you can understand.

[Arry 25,821]

No probs mate, And if you got caught poaching one you would end up in Australia, Your not from a long line of poachers are you. Joking Lol. atb.

 

Cheers Arry

Edited August 24, 2017 by Arry

[Aussie Whip 4,367]

Could be, I know my dad and grandad were rabbiters but didn't poach as far as I know.I should try it ,might get sent to the Bahamas for punishment.

[micky 3,325]

What cracking read, thanks Arry. T here are some near me in Leicestershire that i used to ferret in the 60s , i never had any large bags but i did manage a few , i will try to get over there next week and put a picture up .

[Neal 1,930]

Thanks for the great link Arry. I've never seen those ones but there are some where I go on holiday between Belstone and Sticklepath.

[Arry 25,821]

What cracking read, thanks Arry. T here are some near me in Leicestershire that i used to ferret in the 60s , i never had any large bags but i did manage a few , i will try to get over there next week and put a picture up .

Thanks for the comments. Shame as I headed up there I was wondering who own it and if there was a chance of getting permission.

Would have a loved permission on the high ground. Not to be though dead as a Dodo.

 

Cheers Arry

Edited August 25, 2017 by Arry

[Arry 25,821]

Thanks for the great link Arry. I've never seen those ones but there are some where I go on holiday between Belstone and Sticklepath.

Once again thanks for the comment. There all over Dartmoor keep an eye out for some ones with rabbits in when your down next.

 

Cheers Arry