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Monument details

Summary

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. There is the tradition of a 'castle' (destroyed 1380) on the site of the present church. This is windmill mound measuring 28.0m in diameter and about 1.5m in height, and surrounded by a ditch except on the south east 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.

Monument Types

• FORTIFICATION? (Possible?, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1380 AD?)
• WINDMILL MOUND (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1865 AD?)

Full description

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[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)
Possibly Court Lodge Mill, a post millworking from about 1596 and demolished in the late 18th century. (Source - Wikipedia List if Kent Windmills) (5-6)

<1> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.

<2> Page, W. (ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I, VCH Kent 1 1908 440 (Monograph). SKE7882.

<3> F1 ASP 08-MAR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42002.

<4> OS 1:10000 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE48169.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 92 NE 2 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4694.

<6> Wikipedia, 2019, List of windmills in Kent (Website). SKE52140.

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