Monument record 2507/1 - Medieval/ post medieval windmill

Medieval windmill mound

{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 10 2025 7:22PM