Monument record 0230200000 - 900M S OF MEADLE

Summary

Windmill mound located in field survey and known from nineteenth century maps

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • WINDMILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WINDMILL MOUND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

1839 ENCLOSURE MAP MARKS 'WINDMILL FIELD' AT NGR (B1).
MENTION OF WINDMILL IN BROKEN HILL (B2).
MOUND LOCATED, NOW VERY PLOUGHED OUT - SLIGHT RISE C. 10M DIAMETER. MILL LANE PASSES SW OF FIELD BUT THERE IS A WATERMILL FURTHER DOWN THIS ROAD AS WELL (B3).
A ploughed down mound, probably a windmill mound, was located by Mrs. Y. Parminter in a field named Windmill Field at Monks Risborough (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC9173 Map: 1839. MONKS RISBOROUGH ENCLOSURE MAP.
  • <2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p257.
  • <3>SBC11593 Bibliographic reference: PARMINTER MRS Y, FEB 1975.
  • <4>SBC29005 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1975. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 1, pp134-145. Vol 20, part 1. p143.

Location

Grid reference SP 80490 05040 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14401)

Record last edited

Jul 1 2026 6:09PM

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