Monument record 0010900000 - MILLKNOB HILL

Summary

Historical records and excavation of post-medieval windmill mound

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Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval or post-medieval windmill mound

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Radius 11m, Height 1m.
Salden estate map of 1599 shows a windmill in 'Millfield' at approx NGR; to the east a second hill has the placename 'Wheat hill' (B1).
Millknob Hill - a mound about 4 feet high and 60 feet in diameter. (B2).
Excavated during WWII to form an ambush post, but nothing of interest found (B4).
Mound with (excavation) trench cut into top. Almost certainly a mill mound (B5).
Windmill mound with circular trench 0.4m deep around top (B6).

A windmill mound of medieval/post medieval date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located 230m north of Bates Close, Granborough, and centred at SP 76678 25766. Subcircular mound shows as an earthwork approximately 23m across with a ditch in the top which is recorded as an excavation trench. (7-8)

Sources (8)

<1>SBC13863 Map: Unknown. 1599. SALDEN ESTATE MAP.
<2>SBC15991 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P49.
<3>SBC12892 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P120.
<4>SBC5464 Unpublished document: FREESE S 1946 WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS OF BUCKS (MS NOTES AT BRO).
<5>SBC5174 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1972. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, SEPT 1972.
<6>SBC10560 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1974. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR 1974 & OS SURVEY (FILED).
<7>SBC25703 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1897 RP 3302 12-Dec-1946.
<8>SBC25602 Verbal communication: Historic England. 2022. Pers Comm. The Late Mr John Rowe, Hollingdon - 25 March 2022. LIDAR SP7625 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2017-2019 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.

Location

Grid reference	SP 76678 25770 (point)
Civil Parish	GRANBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC18594)
Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC18593)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2024 4:23PM