Monument record 3974/1/1 - Rushton Windmill

Mound, c 20m in diameter and 1.5m high. A windmill and possible mill house adjoining are shown on a map of 1837. It is labelled as 'Carol's Windmill (Disused)' on Second Edition Ordnance Survey mapping.

{1}Windmill and possible millhouse to the south-west shown;

{2} Windmill mound (SP 82868173), lies in the S.E. of the parish, against the Rothwell boundary, near the summit of an E.W. ridge, on Boulder Clay at 130m above OD. There is a well preserved mound, 20m in diameter and 1.5m high. On map of Rushton of 1837 a windmill is shown on this site with a building, perhaps the millhouse to the W. of it.

{4} Destroyed windmill mound. A few pieces of mill stone of Millstone Grit and Dutch Niedermendig Lava. Prominent position, track from Rushton Road, no medieval pottery.

{7} Carol's Windmill (corn)

{8} Carol's Windmill (disused)

<1> 1837, Map of Rushton (NRO 345), (unchecked) (Map). SNN44112.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.134/Site 2 (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Rushton/Site 3 (Database). SNN102279.

<5> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<6> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP F21 82/RAF/865 0318-9) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<7> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 25"/1886 (Map). SNN112944.

<8> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), 25"/1900 (Map). SNN112944.

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 12:04PM