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| Name: | Round Hill (beacon), Lambley |
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| HER Number: | M17208 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- BEACON? (late Med, Medieval to Tudor - 1250 AD to 1546 AD (at some time))
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 50: "Round Hill"
Full description
A flat topped mound, 80ft in diameter and surrounded by a 10ft wide ditch, was excavated in 1949. The mound, topped with a 4in layer of charcoal, was 4ft 6in high from the bottom of the ditch. Pottery finds (mainly Nottingham green glaze) suggests a constuction date of not earlier than 1250, but more probably nearer c 1450. Traditionally the site of a mill, but no traces of a building were found. The layer of charcoal suggests its use as a beacon. (1)
<1> Peverel Archaeology Group, 1949, Ann Rept 1, pp 9-10 (Published document). SNT1120.
Related records
| L1755 | Parent of: Earthwork mound, Round Hill, Lambley (Element) |
| M1755 | Parent of: Round Hill (windmill mound), Lambley (Monument) |
| M1755 | Part of: Round Hill (windmill mound), Lambley (Monument) |
| M1755 | Parent of: Round Hill (windmill mound), Lambley (Monument) |
| M1755 | Part of: Round Hill (windmill mound), Lambley (Monument) |
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