Monument record 0107500000 - MURSLEY (MOUNT PLEASANT FIELD)

Summary

Possible medieval to post-medieval windmill mound recorded in field survey. The windmill mound is also visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as an earthwork and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

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  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval mill mound

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  • WINDMILL MOUND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 2200cm, Width 2100cm, Height 150cm.
Plan Form - SUBCIRCULAR
MOUND SPREAD BY PLOUGH; MARK OF FORMER DITCH E SIDE (B7).
ARTIFICIALLY SCARPED E, S, W SIDES (B2).
WINDMILL MOUND? PIECE OF MILLSTONE (B6) & MUCH MILLSTONE GRIT (B3) FOUND. BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FINDS, FIELD VISIT (B7).
OTHERWISE IS A MOTTE OR QUARRY? (B5,B2).
SURVEY, CAS FILE. NGR-300YDS S SALDEN HOUSE.

A probable medieval and/or post-medieval windmill mound is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as an earthwork and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field corner about 600 metres NE of Manor Farm, Mursley and centred at SP 82317 28996, a circular earthwork mound is about 23 metres in diameter. The 1813 Ordnance Surveyors’ Drawing depicts a circular earthwork at the location and titles it ‘Mount Pleasant’, though the earthwork does not appear on the 1881 1st Edition OS map (8-11).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp402-403.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p206.
  • <3>SBC13849 Verbal communication: RWG 1974(JAN) PERS COMM TO MEF.
  • <4>SBC13441 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1966 18 P89.
  • <5>SBC16900 Article in serial: WOLVERTON &DISTRICT ARCH SOC NEWSLETTER 1967 11 P1 0; JOURNAL 1969 2 PP59-60.
  • <6>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <7>SBC10743 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 82 NW 1 (FILED); HAS SURVEY 1.25 00.
  • <8>SBC25696 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-3G-TUD-UK-86 RV 6170 26-MAR-1946.
  • <9>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2021 SP8228.
  • <10>SBC25625 Digital archive: BRITISH LIBRARY. 2022. Boyce. 1813. Ordnance Survey Drawing: Winslow OSD 231 No 11 (1:31680 scale). Date Accessed 14-APR-2022.
  • <11>SBC25776 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25 inch (1:2500) scale map. Map. Buckinghamshire 1881.

Location

Grid reference SP 82330 29000 (point)
Civil Parish MURSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1046)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC1059)

Record last edited

Nov 6 2024 6:09PM

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