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Suffolk HER Number (Pref. Ref.):HUN 002
Unique number (MonUID):MSF6915
Type of Record:Monument
Parish:HUNSTON, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK
NGR:TL 97 67

Summary

`Site of Camp', surrounded by moat - site of post mill (S1).

Monument Types

Associated Finds: None recorded

Protected Status: None recorded

Description

`Site of Camp', surrounded by moat (S1).
Small ditched enclosure, probably a post mill type windmill site. 1.5m high, square ditch, destroyed on E side. Excavation hollow in centre 0.8m deep. Situated on a low ridge. Now overgrown (R1)(R2).
?Former site of open trestle post mill, BAA 011, moved in C18 (S2)(S3). Named on Tithe Map/Apportionment (R3). A report from 1953 states that `fragmentary remains' of a windmill were visible (S4).

Sources

S1(No record type): OS, 6 inch map, 1904 (SSF12904)
R1Unpublished document: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL96NE17 (SSF50032)
S2(No record type): Dolman P C J, Windmills in Suffolk, 1978 (SSF5284)
R2Bibliographic reference: Victoria County History. VCH, Suffolk, 1, 1911, 592 (SSF50048)
S3(No record type): Flint B, Suffolk Windmills, 1979 (SSF6481)
R3(No record type): Tithe Map, Hunston (SSF22203)
S4(No record type): Dolman P C J, letter, May 1990 (SSF5275)

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