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| Monument Name |
Bocking-Mill Hill |
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| SMR Number |
6258 |
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| Summary |
A moated mound c10m in diameter at the base x 6ft high. |
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| Description |
A moated mound c10m in diameter at the base x 6ft high. According to OS card of 1950 the moat was partly dry but there were indications that at times it was waterfilled. The moat was horseshoe-shaped with no trace of any continuation on the ditch-less, southern side. The name suggests use as a wind mill mound but the moat could indicate it was originally a small motte. In fairly good condition in 1950 <1> <2> According to the 1975 OS card the site is a moated mill mound, c1.6m high with a diameter of 18m on top. The northern half of the mound had a waterfilled ditch c8m wide x 3.2m deep. No trace of the southern side was noticed and "the ditch ends are terminated deliberately". Later but still old boundary banks encroach on the mound's southern side and the northern side of the ditch but they are later than the earthwork <4> in <3> Shown as `Mill Hill' on 1st Ed OS 6" of 1875 and also as such on other maps <5> <7> This source suggests that the site is a motte. A sherd of medieval pottery was found on the surface <5> Tracing of OS card 1975 plan and section in SMR <6> <8> |
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| Monument Type(s) |
MOTTE (Dated 1066AD to 1539AD)
WINDMILL MOUND (Dated 1066AD to 1539AD)
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| Monument Class(es) |
EARTHWORK
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Period
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1066AD to 1539AD Medieval
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| Status |
Not Known |
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| Administration Area |
BRAINTREE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
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National Grid Reference
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Square: TL72NE
Ref: 764278 |
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| Finds |
POTTERY VESSEL (Dated 1066AD To 1539AD)
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None listed
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Sources
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Desc Text : TL72NE05 (unknown)
Map : TL72NE05 (unknown) OS 1st Ed 6" Dated : 1875
Desc Text : An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Vol 1 (RCHME) Vol 1, p41 Dated : 1916
Desc Text : OScard (Ordnance Survey) Dated : 1950
Desc Text : DESC TEXT by Lindsay, J (Lindsay, J) Dated : 1958
Aerial Photo : OS/67/005/49/197 (Ordnance Survey) Dated : 1967
Desc Text : Discovery of Britain (Ordnance Survey) Dated : 1975
Desc Text : OScard (Ordnance Survey) Dated : 1975
Graphic material : SMR (Ordnance Survey) Dated : 1975
Map : NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000 (Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H) Dated : 1993 - 2010
CORRESPONDENCE : Mill Hill Bocking (Burden, Sue) Dated : 1996
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