Monument record 2265/1/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Windmill Mound

Probable Medieval windmill mound, although no documentary evidence has been found.

{1} Windmill mound (TL 00708328) 150 m. W of the church on the highest point of a flat-topped spur, on limestone at 160 ft above OD. The mound, in permanent pasture, is now roughly rectangular and 1.7 m high. There is a hole in the top, containing C18th bricks. The mound is surrounded on all sides by four separate furlongs of ridge-and-furrow, all of which respect it except on the E side where the ridges rise up over the lower part of the mound, so altering its shape. It is probably a windmill-mound but there is no documentary proof. Earthwork plan, Fig 111.

{2} Mound approximately 1.7m high x 16m diameter. It is roughly circular in character but with a slight elongation of the form to the east. A slight depression on top of mound, and other damage due to its use as an area for bonfires. Erosion has occurred and there is an area of burnt earth.

{5} C18th bricks have been found in a hole in the top of the probable windmill mound.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.103 (part checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> CADMAN G.E., 1995, Wadenhoe, Windmill Mound: Condition Inspection, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49914.

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

<4> Cadman, G.E., 1994, SMR Report Form: Wadenhoe Survey, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN53688.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.103 (part checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<6> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890440 (Archive). SNN113295.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:53PM