The Gatehouse website record for Bocking Mill Hill

In the civil parish of Braintree. In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Moated mound c10m in diameter at the base x 6ft high. According to OS card of 1950 the moat was partly dry but there were indications that at times it was waterfilled. The moat was horseshoe-shaped with no trace of any continuation on the ditch-less, southern side. The name suggests use as a wind mill mound but the moat could indicate it was originally a small motte. In fairly good condition in 1950. According to the 1975 OS card the site is a moated mill mound, c1.6m high with a diameter of 18m on top. The northern half of the mound had a waterfilled ditch c8m wide x 3.2m deep. No trace of the southern side was noticed and "the ditch ends are terminated deliberately". Later but still old boundary banks encroach on the mound's southern side and the northern side of the ditch but they are later than the earthwork. Shown as `Mill Hill' on 1st Ed OS 6" of 1875 and also as such on other maps.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL76432783

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 378739
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 6258 '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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