Monument record 1698/0/1 - Abington Park Mound

Undated mound in Abington Park.

{1} Mound thought to be post-War but tree stump suggests date of pre C20th; appears in form of boundary exclusion on 6" OS 1st Edition;

{2} Possible grotto; feature appears on C19th OS maps; mound 35 x 24m & aligned north-north-west; possible grotto in engraving of 1750 in position of end of mound;

{3} Mound in Abington Park; NRO maps of 1671 & 1742 show road re-alignments by mound; tracings; also possible road route from Little Houghton to Kingsthorpe runs through parkland; dubious; mound most probably represents spoil heap accumulated from landscaping of park.

{4} Elongated mound clearly shown;

{5} Shows mound as oval enclosure;

{6} Shows oval mound with armoured tank at its south-east corner;

{9} "A mound of earth near the bandstand, so local folklore has it, contains a First World War tank within it. Not so!"

<1> Welsh T.C., 1993, Abington Park, mound and earthworks, (checked) (Report). SNN3437.

<2> Welsh T.C., 1994, Correspondence, (checked) (Report). SNN3192.

<3> Roby, A, 1990, Earthwork mound in Abington Park (Correspondence). SNN112415.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1887, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Mapping Series (45.06), (checked) (Map). SNN58994.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1899, Second Edition OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (45NW), (checked) (Map). SNN45307.

<6> , 1920, Third Edition, (checked) (Map). SNN45202.

<7> 1742, Abington Estate Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN41652.

<8> Grant V., 1671, Map of Abington (NRO Map 4524), (unchecked) (Map). SNN41646.

<9> Burman, A., 2004, Still Growing into History, (unchecked) (Article). SNN104707.

Record last edited

Mar 26 2021 3:29PM