Monument record 2507/1 - Medieval/ post medieval windmill

Former medieval windmill mound. An earthwork was visible in the 1970s but has since been flattened. Pieces of 13th century pottery and millstone grit have been found in the vicinity.

{1} Windmill mound (SP 98678918) lies immediately west of the main A427 road, between Upper and Lower Benefield on the crest of a valley, at 250ft above OD. The mound is roughly circular, 15m in diameter, 1.5m
high with a flat top. A ditch 5-7m wide and 0.5m deep is traceable around it. The fields to the north and east were both called Mill Field in 1824.

{3} SP98678916. A mound proved to be a fine circular windmill mound, about 21yds in diameter, 4ft high with a flat top and surrounded by a ditch 4-5yds wide with a causeway on the north east and south west sides.

{4} Field now ploughed and mound destroyed.

{5} Windmill photographed previously now destroyed but pieces of C13th pottery and millstone grit present.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.19/Site 12 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> 1824, Benefield Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN35329.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, 10/166 (checked) (Report). SNN41605.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, 12/230 (checked) (Report). SNN723.

<5> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Benefield/Site 25 (unchecked) (Database). SNN102279.

Record last edited

Feb 23 2026 12:13PM