More information : Mound, apparently artificial, 300 yds S of Salden
House Farm, possibly associated with gravel digging. (No mound
can be seen at this position on APs, but a mound is shown at
SP 82322891 on original 1" (1820-30), and described as Mount
Pleasant). (1-2)
Mound c50 ft in diameter and 5 to 6 ft high in a field called
Mount Pleasant. Excavations exposed foundations of a stone mill,
and in the surrounding ditch were millstone, building rubble and
14c sherds. Some of the stones were reddened, suggesting destruction
by fire. Considered to be a 13th c Mill Mound. (3)
(SP 82312899) A sub-circular mound, spread by the plough, in a
prominent exposed position. It measures c 22.0m SW-NE by c21.0m
transversely and is c1.5m high. There is a dark soil mark of a
former ditch on the E side.
No significant finds made on field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
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