More information : (TQ 50156892) A small ringwork, similar to Sweyn's Camp,
Swanscombe (See TQ 57 SE 9 - now destroyed,) in Birch Wood. The
wood has been cleared and cultivated as a small-holding. Probably
a "motte". (1)
A large circular mound situated on the tip of a prominent, exposed
spur that extends in a south-westerly direction from the main
ridge at a height of approx. 225 ft. O.D.
The mound is heavily overgrown with small trees and bracken, it
measures approx 23.0m in diameter and 1.5m in height, and in the
flat top there is a large saucer-shaped depression. The mound was
originally surrounded by a ditch of which only traces survive,
mainly in the SW quadrant.
This feature is rather small for a motte, its position and
appearance suggest a Windmill Mound; "Windmill Hill Wood' to the
south seems to confirm this. (2)
Published 1:2500 survey checked and correct. No change. (3)
(TQ 50166893) Mound (NR) (4)
This mound is of a slightly elongated form with the long axis N-S.
It has diameters of 27m & 23m, and is 1.5m high, with a hollow
3m across and 0.5m deep in an otherwise flattish top.
A shallow ditch, 3m wide and from 0.1m to 0.3m deep, can be traced
around the W and S sides. There are indications of an excavation
trench from top to bottom of the mound on the SW but it does not
extend across the ditch.
As suggested by authority 2 it is most probably a windmill mound.
(5)
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