N OF ICKFORD BRIDGE
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 survey of earthworks suggests either a medieval windmill mound or motte or Civil War earthworks
Dimensions - Radius 0050 m
- Height c.2.5m
Plan Form - Circular
TERRACED OR WITH SILTED DITCH & BERM. POSSIBLE WORK TO DEFEND RIVER CROSSING PERHAPS ASSOCIATED WITH KNOWN EARTHWORK 100M TO NE (SEE CASS 00570). TIDDINGTON-ICKFORD ROAD PASSES OVER MOUND SO MOUND PROBABLY OLDER THAN ROAD (B1).
DITCHED MOUND c.20M DIAMETER, c.2.5M HIGH, VISIBLE ON APS. COULD BE A MILL MOUND BUT POSSIBLY A MOTTE. THE MOUND IS INTEGRAL WITH OTHER WELL PRESERVED EARTHWORKS IN THIS FIELD, WHICH COULD BE VILLAGE EARTHWORKS (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Field survey of earthworks suggests either a medieval windmill mound or motte or Civil War earthworks
Date Listed
n/a