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The Mount
Hob Uid: 321327
Location : Leicestershire Melton Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK7477018840
Summary : A possible Medieval motte surviving as an earthwork probably reused later as a mill mound. Variously supposed in the past to be a tumulus, Civil War grave or modern garden feature. A motte castle approximately 30 metres in diameter and 3 metres high, with a flat top 12 metres in diameter. There is no evidence for a ditch. A documentary reference to a motte at Melton, dated 1364, says that it was granted to the hospital of St Lazarus at Burton Lazars and refers to cutting down trees on the mound. A reference to a mill at Mount Pleasant in 1827 suggests a later or alternative use for the mound. Some research from the later 1990s has called into question the validity of the site as a motte. Scheduled.
More information : (SK7477 1884) The Mount (NAT) Tumulus (NR) (1) "The Mound" at Mount Pleasant, S-W of Melton Mowbray is a tree planted tumulus. (2) A flat topped mound girt with old elm trees (c 150 years) in a low lying situation. There is no ditch. It is extremely unlikely that this is a barrow, more probably it is a relatively modern garden feature. "Supposed by some to be the last resting place of the Cavalier and Roundhead warriors.(a) (of the skirmish in 1645 -see SK 71 NW 17). (3) SK 7478 1884. The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray. Medieval motte castle approximately 30m in diameter and 3.0m high, with a flat top 12m in diameter. There is no evidence of a ditch, although it is thought that one would have existed. A documentary reference to a motte at Melton, dated 1364, says that it was granted to the Hospital of St Lazarus at Burton Lazars and refers to cutting down trees on the mound. A reference to a mill at Mount Pleasant in 1827 suggests a later use for the mound. Scheduled (RSM) No. 17023. (4) Listed by Cathcart King. (5) Creighton notes that the site has no evidence of a bailey and that its status as a motte has been called into question: suggesting instead that it may have been a mill mound. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1959
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Source details : B H Seaman/13-JUN-1972/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : The Story of Melton Mowbray 1957 116 ( P E Hunt)
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Source details : English Heritage SAM Amendment Leicestershire 27-NOV-1991
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : mentioned in 1364
Monument End Date : 1364
Monument Start Date : 1364
Monument Type : Motte
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : mentioned in 1827
Monument End Date : 1827
Monument Start Date : 1827
Monument Type : Windmill
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LE 73
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 17023
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 71 NW 5
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-06-13
End Date : 1972-06-13

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The Mount