The Gatehouse website record for Newton Longville Hangmans Hill

In the civil parish of Newton Longville. In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

Alleged motte and windmill mound. Excavations have located Medieval burials and Medieval and post-Medieval pottery (The burials have also been interpreted as post-medieval criminal burials associated with gallows). Traditionally thought to be a gallows site. Situated on an elevated plateau under plough, this sub-oval mound has the remains of a splayed tail or ramp on the South-West side, it measures overall circa 32.0m North-East to South-West and circa 22.0 transversely and remains to a height of circa 1.3m. There is no trace of a ditch. The location and tail/ramp is suggestive of a mill mound; there is nothing to suggest it was originally a motte. The 1966 excavations by Griffiths revealed that the mound was originally thrown up in C12, perhaps for defence. In C13, a windmill was built on the summit, but it was burnt down in C14. (derived from PastScape and Bucks HER)
The manor was held by Newton Longville Priory from 1102. Both the position of the mound, apparently on the parish boundary, and the manorial history are not suggestive of this being a motte.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP84223052

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 344817
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 0188100000 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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