Monument record 0027600001 - Swanbourne Tumps: Southern Mound

Summary

Two medieval boundary marker mounds recorded in field survey, one suggested as location of medieval windmill

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (4)

  • WINDMILL MOUND (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY MARKER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)

Description

Two mounds adjoining, probably boundary mounds (B2).
Known locally as the 'Swanbourne Tumps', the 2 mounds lie either side of parish boundary. The relationship between the 2 mounds is unclear (B3).
Both mounds shown on 1599 Salden Estate Map along with the field name ‘Windmill hill field’ (B4).
The southern mound measures length 30 m x width 23m and is oval in plan form. It is also slightly elongated N-S. Has a concave top. There is ridge and furrow adjoining the base of the mound, and it is built partly on ridge and furrow and a headland (B3).
Partly bulldozed (B4).
Now levelled (B5).
Profile is still visible. Two pieces of millstone grit were recovered from the site (B6).

A probable medieval windmill mound is visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on a field boundary about 740 metres N of Cottage Farm, Hoggeston and centred at SP 80809 25906, a subcircular mound is about 27 metres in diameter. There is a 6.4 metres wide circular depression or pit in the top of the mound. It is one of a pair of mounds known locally as 'Swanbourne Tumps', the second being centred about 40 metres to the north on the Swanbourne side of the parish boundary. Aerial photographs taken in 2019 and recent remote sensing data show that the mound has been plough-levelled and is not visible (7-9).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC15542 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P370.
  • <2>SBC13036 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP153,293.
  • <3>SBC2103 Bibliographic reference: BULL E J & FARLEY M E JAN 1973 FIELD VISIT.
  • <4>SBC5368 Unpublished document: 1973. FLEMING A J, READING K & FARLEY M E SEPT 1973 (REF TO SALDEN ESTATE MAP 1599)(FURTHER INFORMATION FI.
  • <5>SBC10575 Bibliographic reference: OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR,APRIL 1974.
  • <6>SBC2109 Verbal communication: Ted Bull & Josie Southernwood. BULL E J & SOUTHERNWOOD MRS J OCT 1979 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC25788 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RP 3295 12-DEC-1946.
  • <8>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2021 SP8025.
  • <9>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 14-SEP-2019 SP8025.

Location

Grid reference SP 8080 2589 (point)
Civil Parish HOGGESTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13768)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14183)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC17670)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
  • Event - Survey: Field Visit by Mike F. (EBC15768)

Record last edited

Aug 25 2022 4:55PM

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