MANOR FARM, LITTLE HORWOOD: windmill mound
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Field-name evidence suggests this mound was a prehistoric barrow but finds of medieval pottery after deep ploughing suggest it was a windmill mound
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
BROAD LOW MOUND. IN FIELD ADJACENT TO DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF SHUCKLOW (CASS 0207). SHUCKLOW means the BARROW OF THE EVIL GOBLIN, SO IS THIS MOUND AROUND BARROW? (B2). DRAWING of MILL MOUND? (B3).
SITE ADJOINS PARISH BOUNDARY (B2).
FIELDNAME on Salden Estate map appears to be 'Berry Field' (B1).
PHOTO FILED. MEDIEVAL POTTERY SHERDS COLLECTED FROM MOUND, SO PERHAPS SITE IS A WINDMILL MOUND (CF CAS 0485)(B3).
11 FURTHER MEDIEVAL SHERDS COLLECTED FROM SITE OF CENTRE OF MOUND AFTER DEEP PLOUGHING (B5).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Field-name evidence suggests this mound was a prehistoric barrow but finds of medieval pottery after deep ploughing suggest it was a windmill mound
Date Listed
n/a