Monument record 0513301000 - WINDMILL HILL

Summary

Possible windmill mound recorded in field survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • WINDMILL MOUND? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 10m.
Plan Form - OVAL
1724-1730: INHABITANTS OF ABBOTS ASTON HAVE NOT FENCED WINDMILL HILL MARL PITS BETWEEN ABBOTS ASTON & CUBLINGTON (B1).
A SERIES OF PITS ON EACH SIDE OF ROAD. AT NGR A DITCHED 'MOUND', A WINDMILL TUMP? SITE IS ON A SPUR OF HIGH GROUND, & NAME 'WINDMILL HILL' ; BUT AMORPHOUS SHAPE MAY MEAN ONLY QUARRYING (B2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC14102 Unpublished document: SESSIONS RECORDS: PRESENTMENTS 1724-1730 (IN BRO, REF: SESS R 92/31).
  • <2>XYSBC12165 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1982. PERS COMM, MAY 1982 FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT. [Mapped feature: #4593 ]
  • <4>SBC25360 Bibliographic reference: Stanley Freese & James Venn, revised & edited by Guy Blythman. 2020. Buckinghamshire Windmills. pp32, 36, 142.

Location

Grid reference SP 84406 20916 (point)
Civil Parish ASTON ABBOTTS, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC18247)

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 5:42PM

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