Monument record 427/1/1 - Probable Windmill Mound, south of Lilbourne

Earthwork of a circular mound 20m in diameter and 1.25m high with a flat top and a central depression. Described as a tumulus on historic mapping, but it is more likely to be a windmill mound.

{1} Marked as tumulus on OS 1" map.

{2} A circular mound c.20m diameter x 1.25m high, with a flat top. The latter has a central depression. There is no trace of a surrounding ditch. Although described as a tumulus on the first edition OS maps it is almost certainly the site of a windmill.

{3} Plan.

{4} NCCAP:SP5676/001-2.

{7} Published survey (25") revised.

{8} Windmill mound (SP 56417671) lies S of the village, on the upper edge of a S-facing slope on glacial gravel at about 105 m. above OD. It consists of a circular mound 20 m. in diam. And 1.25 m. high with a flat top and a central depression in it. There is no trace of a surrounding ditch. Although described a a 'tumulus' on the 1st ed OS 1" map it is almost certainly the site of a windmill.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1834, First Edition Ordnance Survey 1 Inch Map Series (Sheet 52), (unchecked) (Map). SNN281.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.128 Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP57NE15 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF VAP 106G/UK/636, 4160-1 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<6> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, 13-MAR-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<7> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 1" 1834 (Map). SNN112944.

<8> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 1' 1st ed (Map). SNN112944.

<9> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 25' 1966 (Map). SNN112944.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 7:18PM