Monument record 593/1 - Probable Medieval/Post Medieval Windmill

Windmill mound. Relationship with surrounding ridge and furrow uncertain.

{1} Fieldname: Great Mill Field.

{2}Plan, 0.2m high. Road crossing ridge and furrow towards mound visible on aerial photographs.

{3} Mound c20m diameter; formerly surrounded by ridge and furrow but relationship uncertain.

{5} At SP 58295398 is a ploughed down mound c 0.2m. High. On AP's (a) a road can be seen crossing rig and furrow towards the mound suggesting that it is a mill mound. A previous farmer of the site said he has never found any traces of a building there.

{6} No change to the field report of 30 4 70. At present under plough. Surveyed on 1:2500 Antiquity Model.

<1> 1838, Tithe Map of Preston Capes, (unchecked) (Map). SNN15401.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP55SE9 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAPS:SP5853/1-4 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5a> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, (RAF CPE/UK/1926 5052-3 16-JAN-47) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<5> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 30-APR-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<6> Allanson, C D, 1976, Field Investigator's Comments, F2 CDA 29-OCT-76 (Notes). SNN112955.

Record last edited

Jan 6 2025 11:38AM