Monument record 0188100000 - NEWTON LONGVILLE: Hangman's Hill

Length 32m, width 22m, height 1.3m.
Mound called Hangman's Hill. On old crossroads, one of highest points in parish, in field called Hangman's Piece. Mound appears to be a motte of early 12th century. Section put across mound which found ditch; primary ditch fill of 12th century, other 12th century - 14th century sherds from fill (B3).
Mound and ditch dug 12th century; occupation short-lived, in 13th century windmill built on summit? Mound has remains of splayed tail or ramp, SW side; suggestive of a mill mound. Windmill may have burnt down in 14th century. Trial-trenched 1962, excavated and bulldozed 1966. Burials found in 1962 originally thought to be medieval, but sherds observed in gravefill suggest a 17th century date. Perhaps these are the graves of criminals hanged here, & buried near the gallows? Area then abandoned and ditch silted up. Nothing to suggest was ever a motte; no trace of ditch (B4,B6).

A probable medieval windmill mound 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 on a field boundary about 165 metres NW of Parklands and centred at SP 84220 30515, a circular earthwork mound is about 24 metres in diameter. Aerial photographs taken in 1947 show that the mound sits at the edge of a block of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthwork at that time (since plough-levelled) (8-9).