More information : A circular mound, about 15ft high, in the grounds of Mr Staples' house at Moulton (TL 6964) was excavated in 1850. Nothing indicative of a sepulchral origin was found and it may have been the site of a small watch tower as evidence of a stone wall was found in the trench around the mound. (1) TL 69696397. A circular mound situated in the grounds of Moulton Manor (present house early modern) on the lower slopes of a north-east facing valley scarp circa 45.0m. O.D. The situation was formerly a field owned by W. Staples called the 'Grove' and a circular pond existed to the immediate south (a). The feature measures overall 16.0m. in diameter and 2.6m. high with no trace of a ditch. Its position is not typical of a barrow and it is also topographically unsuitable for a watchtower as previously suggested. According to the present owner, the former manor house stood nearer the road on the lower north-east side of the mound, and it is probable that this is either a landscaping feature or a gazebo mound, which would account, in part, for the stone wall found. The former field name also suggests a retreat. Revised at 1:2500. (2)
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