Medieval to post-medieval moat and mill mound at Little Brockholds, Radwinter (EHER 1442)

Moated mill mound of uncertain date. The subcircular mill mound is situated on high ground with an overall diameter of 30 metres. When visited in 1978, the ditch was partly water filled by seepage. A causeway on the east side gives access to the central mound. It is covered by mature trees and scrub, and shows no evidence of a mill building.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Moated mill mound, about 60 ft in diameter lies about 1 1/4 miles south-south-east of the church at Radwinter. <1> Small mound about 2m high with almost complete oval-shaped ditch around it. Ditch is wet and 1m deep. Probably a mill-mound of the type not uncommon in north-west Essex. "No one locally knows what it is". <2> 4.7m wide moat x 1.25m deep, water filled. Wooded. On Tithe map (1837-1839) as Mill Field, west of the farm. Waste in arable land. <3> <4> Diameter of 30m. Ditch, partly waterfilled, 6m wide and 1m deep. Mound stands 2.8m above the ditch bottom and shows no evidence of a mill building. Causeway on the east side gives access. <5> <6> in <3> MSRG card. <7> May 1950. Field survey. A small mound about 2 metres high with an almost complete oval shaped ditch around it. The ditch is wet and about 1 metre deep, probably a mill mound. (2) January 1978. Field survey. A sub circular mill mound situated on high ground with an overall diameter of 30.0 m. The ditch, partly water-filled by seepage, has a width of 6.0 m and depth of 1.0 m. A causeway on the east gives access to the central mound which stands 2.8 m above ditch bottom. It is covered by mature trees and scrub and shows no evidence of the mill building. The Tithe Map shows the feature but it is only named 'plantation'. Published 25" survey (1921) revised. (3)