More information : (SE 5574 7507) "There is an antiquity here ... probably
mediaeval and a cellar. It is approximately at this point on
the map and your symbol may imply this site (referring to the
apparent outline of a building on the OS 6" 1909-50). A mound
surrounds it and it may have been originally 'the Mount'. It
is, as it were, built into a tumulus and is now half filled
with rubbish. The walling is ? dry stone, but there are quantities of
plaster, etc. about, though these may be parts of the rubbish.
(May possibly be a Castle Mound). (1)
`The Mount' is an earthen mound approximately 30m diameter
and externally 2m high. it is completely hollowed out to
accommodate what appears to be the cellar of a building. The
cellar walls do not exceed the height of the mound, and access
into it is provided by a sunken way cut through the north side
of the latter. Two earthen ramps in the SE quadrant lead onto
the top of the mound. It is situated on the southern edge of
Newburgh Priory Estate, and is probably the remains of a
belevedere associated with the house, which dates as a private
dwelling from the Dissolution. Published survey (25") revised. (2)
No change to field report of 20-JUN-1974.
Revised survey transferred to 1:2500 MSD. (3) |