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Monument details

Summary

A large mound on the northern edge of Park Wood, has been identified as having the appearance of a round barrow. Trial trenches proved the mound was artificial, and sherds of pottery scattered throughout varied in date from the early Iron Age to the 14th century. Mesolithic and Neolithic artifacts were plentiful immediately above and below the original ground level. The mound 35 metres in diameter and 3 metres high is now assumed to be an early mill mound. Other finds at the site included possibly Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic implements, sherds dating from the Bronze Age through the Roman period to the 14th century AD, and one bronze disc which may have been a Roman coin. One leaf-shaped flint arrowhead was 30mm long with a maximum thickness only 3mm. No trace of the mound survives, and the area is now arable farmland.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Prehistoric or Roman - 500000 BC to 409 AD)
• WINDMILL MOUND (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1900 AD? (at some time))

Associated Finds

• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Neolithic - 500000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE (Early Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1539 AD)

Full description

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TR 07433861. A large mound on the northern edge of Park Wood, having the appearance of a round barrow. Trial trenches proved it to be artificial, sherds of pottery scattered throughout the mound varying in date from the Early Iron Age to the C14th AD. Mesolithic and Neolithic artifacts were plentiful immediately above and below the original ground level. The mound 35 metres in diameter and 3 metres high was assumed to be an early mill mound. Systematic trenching followed by bulldozing of each area took place in a period of eight weeks. Finds included possible Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic implements, sherds dating from the Bronze Age through the Roman Period to the C14th AD, and one bronze disc which may have been a Roman coin. One leaf-shaped flint arrowhead was 30mm long with a maximum thickness only 3mm. (1) A probable mill mound containing Md sherds, which was found to have been constructed over a dried up spring around which the Pa - Ro material was found concentrated. No trace of the mound survives, the area is now arable farmland. (2)

Additional Info(5)

<1> Archaeology South-East, 2008, A Paleoenvironmental Evaluation Along the Route of the Proposed Isle of Grain Transmission Pipeline (Stage 1) (Unpublished document). SKE29264.

<2> F1 ASP 14-NOV-1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE42104.

<3> Mr J Bradshaw, 8 Forest Cottages, Challock. (OS Card Reference). SKE47388.

<4> Field report for monument TR 03 NE 20 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5092.

<5> South Eastern Archaeological Services, 1996, Sellindge-Ashford Overhead transmission Link (Unpublished document). SKE7112.

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