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| HHER Number: | 801 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | POST-MEDIEVAL MOUND, GOLDEN PARSONAGE, GREAT GADDESDEN |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
- PROSPECT MOUND? (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- Area of Archaeological Significance 35
- SHINE: POST-MEDIEVAL MOUND, GOLDEN PARSONAGE, GREAT GADDESDEN
Full description
A tree-covered mound near the Golden Parsonage, which has variously been described as a tumulus, windmill mound, 'adulterine' castle etc. Excavations in 1981 revealed it to be mid 19th century and presumably constructed as an 'eye-catcher' <1> within the park [9573]. Further work to test a suggestion that it might have covered an icehouse found no trace of any structure <2>. It looks like a prospect mound, although the mid 19th century is late for such a feature.
Mike Daniels (HCC), site report, 28.3.1985 (Unpublished document). SHT7000.
Page, W (ed.), 1908, VCH Hertfordshire vol.2, - p200, 205 (Bibliographic reference). SHT9314.
RCHM (England), 1911, Inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire, - p102 (Bibliographic reference). SHT9222.
<1> Doggett, Nicholas, & Hunn, Jonathan, 1982, Excavations at Golden Parsonage 'tumulus', Gaddesden Row; Herts Past 13 (autumn 1982), 31 (Article in serial). SHT4745.
<2> Doggett, Nicholas, & Hunn, Jonathan, 1987, Further excavations at Golden Parsonage, Gaddesden Row; Herts Past 22, p29 (Article in serial). SHT1143.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished document: Mike Daniels (HCC), site report. 28.3.1985. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: RCHM (England). 1911. Inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire. - p102. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1908. VCH Hertfordshire vol.2. - p200, 205. |
| <1> | Article in serial: Doggett, Nicholas, & Hunn, Jonathan. 1982. Excavations at Golden Parsonage 'tumulus', Gaddesden Row; Herts Past 13 (autumn 1982), 31. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Doggett, Nicholas, & Hunn, Jonathan. 1987. Further excavations at Golden Parsonage, Gaddesden Row; Herts Past 22, p29. |
Related records
| 9573 | Part of: DEER PARK, AND PARK AND GARDEN, GOLDEN PARSONAGE, GREAT GADDESDEN (Landscape) |
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