Possible medieval windmill mound or moat at Bannister's Green (EHER 1254)

Mound, probably site of a windmill, about 100ft in diameter at base and 12ft high.

Monument description derived from merging EHER 1254 and 1255. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Mound (NAT). <1> A small moated mound at Bannister Green known as 'Quakers' Mount' <2> and 'Mill Hill' <3>, considered to be a barrow by French <4> and a windmill mound by RCHM <5>. The parish registers record Quaker burials at Quakers' Mount, particularly in 1695 to 1698 and 1732 (see EHER 1256). Excavations by Felsted Bury School in 1946/7 located 'secondary' burials in wooden coffins dated 17th and 18th century, but no central burial <5>. <2> - <5> Listed by Cathcart King as a suspect motte. <6> February 1950. Field survey. An artificial mound in the grounds of Mill Cottage, 16.2m by 10.6m and 3.5m high with a flat top; probably originally circular, with a wet moat on the west side going half way round. <7> <8> August 1952. Survey. Cottage re-named Quaker Mount - mound surveyed. <9> March 1975. Field visit. Quakers Mount; name verified. This feature is as described, and takes advantage of an exposed position in an otherwise level area. Its appearance and shape is similar to windmill steads in this region, the 'tail' of the mound at its east end and the surrounding shallow ditch being typical. Apparently disused by the 17th century, and used as a Quaker Burial Ground; the appearance and tithe name 'Mill Hill' <3> point to its probable origin. Published survey (25") correct. <10> <11> See also: <12>