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Site of post windmill shown on historic map sources from 1809

Medieval and post medieval settlement of Pitstone, recorded in 1086

Fossilised animal bones dating from about 170,000 years ago excavated in chalk quarry.

Possible Saxon burial found in 1936

Roman tile seen during building works

Site of eighteenth to nineteenth century post mill, known from historic records, destroyed by quarrying

Saxon metalwork found in the early twentieth century

Possible Late Iron Age kiln found in excavation

Site of a small windmill mound and close noted in historic sources from 1856

A post mill built in 1627 for the processing of cereals. The windmill was rebuilt in 1749 and restored in 1963 and restored to full-working order in the 1970s. The mill stands on a 19th century circular base built of brick which has been whitewashed,...