Monument record 0023700000 - WINDMILL HILL

Summary

Site of post-mill recorded in sixteenth and seventeenth century documents, mill mound recorded in earthwork survey. It had a diameter of 30 metres, and was 1.6 metres high. There is no evidence of an encircling ditch at the foot of the slope.

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Archaeological Notification Area: Mill mound and site of late medieval post-mill (DBC8988)

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Type and Period (3)

WINDMILL MOUND (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
WINDMILL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
POST MILL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 1500cm, Height 160cm.
POST MILL WITH CROSS TREES MARKED ON PRE 1600 MAP (B1).
PROBABLY SITE OF MILL BELONGING TO WOTTON UNDERWOOD MANOR IN THE C16 & C17 (B2).
EXISTENCE OF A MOUND, C.27M DIAMETER, 1.5M HIGH WITH NO DITCH, CONFIRMED. MOUND IS IN WOOD (B3).
MILL-MOUND, WELL PRESERVED & SITUATED ON LEVEL GROUND IN A STRIP OF WOODLAND N OF WOTTON HOUSE. 30M IN DIAMETER & 1.6M IN HEIGHT. NO EVIDENCE OF AN ENCIRCLING DITCH AT FOOT OF SLOPE. [PLAN AND PROFILE OF EARTHWORK AT 1:2,500] (B4).

SP 68201698. A windmill mound in woodland, shown on a Tudor map of Wotton Underwood (B1).

A mill-mound, well preserved, and situated on level ground in a strip of woodland north of Wotton House, It is 30.0m in diameter and 1.6m in height. There is no evidence of an encircling ditch at the foot of the slope.

Divorced Survey at 1:2500 on permatrace (B5).

NRHE insert 1998 (B6).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (6)

<1>SBC4549 Map: 'ELIZABETHAN MAP OF WOTTON UNDERWOOD IN BUCKS' IN HENRY E HUNTINGDON LIBRARY, SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA.
<2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p130.
<3>SBC5619 Verbal communication: 1972. W GEORGE & MIKE FARLEY (BCM), DEC 1972.
<4>SBC22618 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. 1977. OS Record Card SP 61 NE:16.
<5>SBC28499 Verbal communication: John Gilbert Barton. 1977. Field Investigator Comments - F1 JGB 04-MAR-77.
<6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 68195 16985 (point)
Civil Parish	WOTTON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire