Undated windmill mound, Mill Hill (EHER 125)

Windmill mound and surrounding ditch.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Earthworks in field to the north east of the moat. Well defined with ditch, enclosed and wooded. On OS 6", 1876, Mill Hill. Date of mill unknown. <1> Possibly site of wind mill, 650yds south east of the church. In good condition. <2> A flat topped mound 1.8m high, 23m in diameter. Surrounded, except on the north side, by a narrow wet ditch. Known as `Mill Hill', probably site of a wind mill. <3> Mound, around 9ft high, surrounded by a wet ditch up to 4ft deep and roughly 100ft square crossed on the north side. Site Assessment = Traditionally a mill mound but has also been suggested to be a tumulus or other moated earthwork. In view of this and its considerable size it is worth preserving. <4> Aerial photographs: <5> - <8> 1977. Field survey. A mill mound adjacent to a road on a rise in undulating arable land around 135m above sea level. It attains a maximum height of 2.5m above the surrounding area, having a ramp to the north, and is surrounded by a seasonally waterfilled ditch of maximum depth 1.5m. Slight disturbance is evident, but this is due to animals and modern digging. The area is covered by dense vegetation. Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM trace. <9> See also: <10> <11>