Monument record 0104800000 - BURSTON HILL:WINDMILL FIELD

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Historical records, field survey and place-name evidence of post-medieval windmill

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Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval deserted village and manor of Burston. (DBC9441)

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

Description

WINDMILL AT BURSTON IN WINDMILL FIELDS....PARCEL OF LAND IN WHICH NEW WINDMILL TO BE BUILT...(B1).
PLOUGHED OUT MOUND: MILL MOUND? (B2).
POSSIBLE MOUND ON AP (B3).
FIELD IN WHICH MOUND SITUATED STILL KNOWN AS WINDMILL FIELD (B4). (SEE ALSO CASS 04431)

A post-medieval windmill mound is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field about 190 metres ESE of Burston Hill Farm and centred at SP 83500 18555, a roughly circular pit is about 6.7 metres in diameter and is surrounded by a subcircular mound from 16 metres up to 19 metres in diameter at its widest point. Visible as earthworks on aerial; photographs taken in 1948, the remains of the windmill mound were levelled, but appear to be in the process of being plough-levelled by 1954. By 1976, the features were visible as cropmarks. On aerial photographs taken in 2023, the cropmarks remain just visible (5-9).

Sources (10)

---SBC18769 Aerial Photograph: 10/03/48. RAF 142.3165. SP\835186. Yes.
<1>SBC7376 Bibliographic reference: LEE MSS D/LE PART 1,BUNDLE 5,NOS 13(1601) & 20(169 2) AT BRO.
<2>SBC14891 Bibliographic reference: STEVENS P,ORDNANCE SURVEY.
<3>SBC12487 Bibliographic reference: RAF A/P MARCH 1948.
<4>SBC7133 Bibliographic reference: KNIGHT P J (FARM MANAGER) 1977.
<5>SBC27089 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-CPE-UK-2483 RP 3166 10-MAR-1948.
<6>SBC27098 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-540-1269 F21 0004 12-MAR-1954.
<7>SBC27105 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-76043 V 104 29-APR-1976.
<8>SBC27104 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. NMR 27164_039 15-JUL-2011.
<9>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. Dated 29-APR-2023.

Location

Grid reference	SP 83510 18580 (point)
Civil Parish	ASTON ABBOTTS, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Survey: (EBC14113)
Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Jan 30 2025 1:33PM