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Monument Number 373353
Hob Uid: 373353
Location : Essex Uttlesford Thaxted
Grid Ref : TL5960029590
Summary : A moated mill mound, levelled by ploughing.
More information : TL 596296 Motte or Mill mound or both. Site of Little Horham. (1) At TL 59592958, on a prominent ridge within a coppice is a windmill mound, moated on three sides only, the NW, SW and SE. It measures overall about 35.0m NW-SE by 28.0m transversely and rises 2.8m above the ditch. There is a roughly-circular depression in the summit, 0.4m deep. Little Horham is shown and named on OS 25" but it is now demolished and ploughed over. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)

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Source details : Essex Arch Rec 78
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Source details : OS 6" 1st Edn
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : F1 NKB 12-JUN-75
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat, Windmill Mound
Evidence : Levelled Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Moat, Windmill Mound
Evidence : Levelled Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Number : TL 52 NE 11
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-06-12
End Date : 1975-06-12

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 373353