Monument record 0429700000 - FIELDSIDE FARM, QUAINTON
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- WINDMILL MOUND (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
- MOUND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Radius 0150 cm Height 0175
Plan Form - OVAL
SITE CALLED WINDMILL KNOB. FOUNDATIONS OF MILL STILL THERE IN 1946(BI01). SAID TO BE THE SITE OF THE MILL LATER MOVED TO STATION ROAD (CASS 4293)(BI02 ). MUCH PLOUGHED DOWN BY 1946(BI01); IN 1983 STILL DISTINCT, SLIGHTLY OVAL IN SHAPE; LOCATED C450M SW OF FIELDSIDE FARM(BI03)
A probable post medieval windmill mound is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field corner about 440 metres SW of Fieldside Farm and centred at SP 73378 19699, a roughly circular mound is about 25 metres in diameter. The 1813 Ordnance Surveyors Drawings shows a circular earthwork feature set in an open field at that location. On recent remote sensing data, the mound appears to have slumped and spread to a more subcircular shape. The field boundary in which corner the mound is now located is very late 19th century in origin, which may account for the change in form (4-6).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC5456 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. Freese manuscript notes on windmills and watermills of Bucks.
- <2>SBC15023 Verbal communication: TAYLOR (MR) 1980 (DEC) PERS COMM VIA RODWELL G.
- <3>SBC13764 Verbal communication: RODWELL G 1983(JULY) PERS COMM & FIELD VISIT WITH ARP.
- <4>SBC25625 Digital archive: Wikimedia. 2024. Boyce. 1813. Ordnance Survey Drawing: Winslow OSD 231 No 11 (1:31680 scale). Date Accessed 14-APR-2024.
- <5>SBC27583 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-CPE-UK-2097 RP 3062 28-MAY-1947.
- <6>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP71NW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2021 SP7319.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 73380 19700 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13505)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)
Record last edited
Aug 4 2025 12:02PM
