Monument record 3980/5/5 - The Mount

{1} Low mound below fishponds.

{2} Area of fishponds called The Mount; a later undated pencil annotation calls whole area Mount Close.

{3} The Mounts is an area at the southern end of the garden which in 1813 contained four rectangular ponds. It is perhaps likely that the Mounts were constructed on a new site in the 18th century as an integral part of an overall 18th century garden design, an interpretation which accords well with the overall layout of the ponds. The case is reinforced by the name 'The Mount' recorded on the 1813 map. The mount itself, presumably a prospect mound, is likely to be the circular feature depicted on that map lying at the southern end of the enclosure and identifiable as a near circular mound on the RCHME earthwork plan. This mound is positioned between the two pairs of ponds and almost axial to the view from the house.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.130-31 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> 1813, Rothwell Tithe Map (TM 390/Map 3106), (checked) (Map). SNN100515.

<3> Foard G, 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Rothwell (Medieval and Post Medieval), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100514.

<4> 1813, TOWN MAP, (unchecked) (Map). SNN44867.

Record last edited

Apr 17 2008 3:49PM