Medieval to post-medieval mill at Hallingbury Park (EHER 4427)

Unclassified moated mound, probably site of mill, in Hallingbury Park. 500 yards south-south-east of the church.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Moated mound - probably a mill. <1> Unclassified moated mound, probably site of mill, in Hallingbury Park. 500 yards south-south-east of the church. <2> March 1950. Field survey. An artificial bowl-shaped mound with surrounding ditch: Height of mound approximately 1.7 metres. Diameter of mound approximately 18.0 metres. Width of ditch approximately 5.0 metres. Depth of ditch approximately 0.6 metres. Condition fairly good, mound overgrown with shrubs and trees. The feature has the appearance of a bowl-barrow although RCHM regard it as being a probable mill site. <3> April 1966. Field survey. Mound, as described, surrounded by a dry ditch. Published CSL 1:2500 revised. <4> <5> Tracing from 0S 1966. <6> July 1973. Field survey. The mound and ditch were levelled in c1967 and no traces remain. The farmer reports that no finds were made at the time of the levelling. The site is on a gentle north-facing slope. Purpose of mound uncertain. <7> <8> 1977. Field survey. A high spot in rolling country. <9> Tracing from sketch by Stokes. <10> Area = 0.01