Post-medieval pillow mounds at Sunshine Plain, Epping Forest (EHER 81419)

A group of four post-medieval pillow mounds is visible as earthworks on 2023 0.25m Lidar data (commissioned by City of London Corporation). These features was mapped as part of the 2024-2025 Epping Forest Aerial and Investigation Project carried out by Historic England.

2024-2025. Epping Forest Aerial and Investigation Project. A group of four post-medieval pillow mounds is visible as earthworks on 2023 0.25m Lidar data (commissioned by City of London Corporation). The pillow mounds range in length between around 20m and 25m, and each measuring approximately 6m in width. They are also each approximately 0.4m tall. Three of the four are completely enclosed by a ditch, with the fourth enclosed by a ditch on all sides bar its eastern end. The northern most mound appears to have been partially levelled. They also appear to have been built upon a series of earlier braided hollow ways (EHER 81413). These features were mapped as part of the 2024-2025 Epping Forest Aerial and Investigation Project carried out by Historic England. <1> <2>