Site of possible windmill mound, north of Debden Green (EHER 245)

A probable moated mill mound site - the mound has been destroyed and ploughed over leaving only a light soil mark.

Possible mill-mound now completely destroyed and ploughed over leaving only a light soil mark. Described by RCHM in 1916 as 'an unclassified mound 300yds north-east of Wieldbarns Farm, surrounded by a circular ditch except in the west'. Described in 1950 by the Ordnance Survey as a flat-topped well preserved mound with a water-filled ditch in good condition. The ditch was measured as 3m to 4m wide and 1m deep, the mound about 24.5m in diameter (with a flat top of 12m in diameter). The house opposite was called "Mill Dam". The mound's description is typical of East Anglian moated windmill mounds. <1> - <4> 1950. Field survey. A flat topped well preserved mound, ditch water-filled and in good condition. Probably a mill mound. the house opposite is named "Mill Dam" which is also suggestive. <5> 1975. Field survey. The mound is now completely destroyed and ploughed over, leaving only a light soil mark. Nevertheless, its description is typical of East Anglian 'moated' windmill mounds. An adjacent field is named 'Little Mill Field' on the tithe map of 1843. <6>