Monument record 16/1/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Windmill Mound

Earthwork mound on Arbury Bank. Known as Windmill Bank in the 19th century, although no mill survived by that date.

{1} In the 19th century the field in which the mound lay was known as Windmill Bank, but no mill then existed.

{4} Windmill mound (SP 49434847). The mound lies on top of the south rampart of the Iron Age fort known as Arbury Banks. It is roughly circular, 20m in diameter and 2.25m high, with a flat top 9m across, and has a slight cross-shaped depression in the centre. There are traces of a ramp leading on to the mound from the south east. Plough ridges can be seen to underlie the mound. Two ridges approach the mound from the west. The northernmost passes under the mound but was later reploughed dhort of it and thuis has a secondary headland on the edge of the mound. The southernmost ridge also passes under the mound, but has not been reploughed.

{5} Mill disappeared by 1837.

{6} Aerial photos NCCAP: SP4948/2-3.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP44NE2 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> TAYLOR C.C., 1974, FIELDWORK IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN58049.

<3> Beesley J., 1841, History of Banbury, p.30 (unchecked) (Book). SNN280.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.30/Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> 1837, Chipping Warden Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10078.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<7> Aerial Photograph, A/P (CUAP, AKS10) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<8> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 1070-1) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2024 12:56PM