Record Details
| MonUID: | MST987 |
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| HER Number: | 00989 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Castle Site / Mill and Mill Pond |
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Summary
Once recorded as the possible site of a castle, it is thought that earthwork remains here are actually associated with a pondbay for a former mill pond. Although no evidence for the mill now survives, 16th century documents note three mills in this area..
Monument Type(s):
Full description
WATER MIL: PROPOSED CASTLE SITE IS NOT AN ANTIQUITY. <1> <2>
3 MILLS NOTED IN C16 DOCUMENTS. <3>
BANK IN FACT A POND BAY FOR MILLPOND. NO SIGN OF MILL, BUT THIS MILLPOND IS DOWNSTREAM OF KNOWN MILL. <4>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 01 SE - 10 (J.B.A.A. Volume 34 (1878) pages 258-259 (by J.T. Irvine)). |
| <2> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 01 SE - 10 (W. Woodhouse - Ordnance Survey Field Inspector - 05-May-1958). |
| <3> | SST3242 - Verbal communication: STITT FB. 1994. |
| <4> | SST3521 - Verbal communication: Chris Wardle (Staffordshire County Council). up to 2004. Observations by a member of the Historic Environment Team, Staffordshire County Council. 1994. |
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