Monument record 398/1/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Windmill Mound

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Summary

Post medieval windmill mound remains and the possible site of a medieval windmill.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

{1} Fieldname: Windmill Close.

{2} Windmill mound (SP 54116527),S of Braunston village on the S side of the old Daventry Road on the summit of a NW-facing spur at 135m above OD.The low mound,which is 15m in diameter 0.5m high and surrounded by a ditch 0.25m deep,is almost certainly the site of a former windmill for in 1785 the small field in which it lay was known as Windmill Close though no windmill existed there at the time.It is probably the site of the manorial mill of the deserted village of Braunstonbury in whose land it lies.

{3} NCCAP: SP5465/002-3.


<1> 1785, Estate Map of Braunston, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9436.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.23 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

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

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1994,4276-7) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Map: 1785. Estate Map of Braunston. (unchecked).
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1981. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 3. HMSO. p.23 Site 5 (checked).
  • <3> Aerial Photograph(s): Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs. Used with NMR & CUCAP collections.
  • <4> Photographs: Royal Air Force. Vertical Aerial Photography. AP (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1994,4276-7).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 5413 6529 (17m by 17m) Central
Civil Parish BRAUNSTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • NRHE HOB UID: 339860

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:20PM

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