Harlow Mill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Latton; Stanegrove Hill

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

Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman religious site, and medieval moot. Suggested as a medieval motte. The first deposits consisted of five Bronze Age cremations dating between 1400 and 1000 BC. A later Iron Age religious centre is implied through the discovery of over 200 gold and bronze coins and 50 brooches, mostly in mint condition. A succeeding Romano-Celtic temple was excavated in 1927, 1935-7, and between 1962-71. The first phase dated to the last quarter of the 1st century AD. The temple was extensively altered in C3 and continued in use into C4. A life size statue head of Minerva was found in C4 levels. The mound was later used as a Saxon and medieval moot. Rejected as castle by King as plainly Roman in origin. The VCH places the moot hill south in Mulberry Green.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.

This site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace.

Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL46801231

PastScape Defra ELS number; 370088 County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number; 17

Books

Powell, W.R., 1983, VCH Essex Vol8 p131[as temple] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63849
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p148 [reject]
Gould, Chalkley, 1903, in Doubleday, Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Essex Vol1 p295

Journal Articles

Gould, I.C., 1895, Essex Archaeological Society [new ser] Vol5 p95-8

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Harlow Mill

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL46801231

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