Monument record 0429500000 - S of Dinton Castle

Summary

Windmill known from seventeenth and eighteenth century documentary sources and visible as a cropmark in aerial photographs

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None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

WINDMILL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD) + Sci.Date
RING DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD)

Description

Windmill marked on map of 1788, approx at NGR (B1).
'Windmill Hill Furlong','Windmill Hill Field' names on glebe terriers of 1607 and 1706 (B2).
NGR derived from above information (B3).

Cropmark of a single ring ditch of uncertain date visible on aerial photographs at SP 7628 1139. The enclosure is defined by a very narrow ditch and has a diameter of between 10m and 15m (5).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (6).

A ring ditch from a probable post medieval windmill site is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field about 180 metres E of Highfields and centred at SP 76289 11394, a circular ditch up to 1.6 metres wide encloses an area about 11.5 metres in diameter on aerial photographs taken in 2010. The location matches that of a windmill site known from documentary sources. On aerial photographs taken in 2020, the cropmarks remain visible (7-8).

Sources (9)

---SBC28547 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2010. Historic England 2010 oblique aerial photograph. No.
<1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<2>SBC5735 Unpublished document: GLEBE TERRIERS 1607, 1706 (BRO REF D/A/GT BOX 3).
<3>SBC8490 Verbal communication: 1977. MELLOR J AND WHITEMAN M 1977.
<4>SBC8482 Bibliographic reference: MELLOR J & WHITEMAN M (CMAG) 1977.
<5>SBC28548 Verbal communication: Fiona Small (Historic England Air Photo Interpreter). 2015. Information from 2010 Historic England aerial photograph.
<6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
<7>SBC28030 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. NMR 26690_041 09-JUL-2010.
<8>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. dated 29-MAY-2020.

Location

Grid reference	SP 76300 11400 (point)
Civil Parish	DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire