More information : [TQ 95322904] South-west of Appledore, where the ridge ends, is a
mound which may be a tumulus but is more likely to be a castle mount.
It is partially enclosed by a filled-in ditch. On the side nearer
the church is a piece of level ground which may have been a bailey,
though there is no trace of ditch or rampart. Remains of a spring
are evident on the hillside. [The mound is shown but not described
on OS 6' (1)]
There is the tradition of a `castle' (destroyed 1380) on the site of
the present church. (1-2)
This is windmill mound measuring 28.0m in diameter about 1.5m in
height, and surrounded by a ditch except on the SE side. There are
three causeways across the ditch leading to the top of the mound.
Symondson's map of Kent (1596) shows a windmill here. Surveyed at
1:2500. (3)
(TQ 95322904) Mill Mound (NR) (4)
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