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| Monument Name |
Peper Mill Hill, East of Middleton |
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| SMR Number |
9388 |
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| Summary |
Motte and bailey on Auberins Estate - could be round barrow (?). |
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| Description |
Motte and bailey on Auberins Estate - could be round barrow (?). It is near the supposed half-hundred of Thunders?? (now lost). <1> According to OS field report, 1976, a mound known locally as "Peppermint or Peppermint Hill" at the side of the main road at the edge of the estate. It measures about 30m in diameter, by 3.2m high with a slight mutilation on the east side of the top. A rectangular dry pond has been dug to the east of the mound with a ditch 1m deep around the north side. From its appearance and the close association of the pond it would appear to be Medieval in date, but its exact purpose is obscure. <2> in <1> Surveyed 1983. A moated mound, 50m in diameter, situated in woodland, adjacent to the Halstead-Sudbury road. A wet ditch survives around two-thirds of its circuit. It is tentatively suggested as a small motte, and faint traces of a further ditch to the north may represent a small bailey. <3> |
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| Monument Type(s) |
MOTTE AND BAILEY (Dated 1066AD to 1539AD)
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| Monument Class(es) |
EARTHWORK
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1066AD to 1539AD Medieval
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| Status |
Not Known |
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| Administration Area |
BULMER, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
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National Grid Reference
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Square: TL83NE
Ref: 850390 |
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| Finds |
None listed
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None listed
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Sources
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Desc Text : Report on the County Archaeological Section 1983-4 (Milton, BH and Priddy, DA in Priddy, DA) Vol 16, p117, 118
Mention : SMR (Hedges, John D)
Desc Text : TL83NE21 (unknown) Dated : 1976
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