Monument record HWN 003 - Earthwork of undated mound

January 1976: `7925 5203. Probable mill mound..... a ditched mound is situated on sloping ground in a low lying position at the side of a river valley below (NW of) Thurston Hall... It measures 24.0m by 30.0m and is 3.2m high, with an irregular ditch (disturbed by later digging) to the N & W. A causeway leads up to the mound from the SE and a modern drain encroaches on the NE. The flat top measures 6.0m in diameter and inclines to the NW, but shows no sign of a structure. Probably an early windmill mound, though no local tradition survives of a mill here and there is no evidence to suggest the use of water power' (S1). On the tithe of 1841 the field is recorded as `First Stansfield meadow', `pasture' with no evidence for earthworks. An oval mound is shown on the 1886 1:2,500 OS map.
December 1978: Site visited after finds of Rom (& later) coins (see Rom). Under trees; chalky clay soil ?; dimensions as on OS. A large hole on SW side could be an excavation pit (?marl) and the mound formed from resulting spoil. There is not a continuous surrounding ditch but a combination of field boundary ditches. Other pits on OS 6 inch (map) along this valley. Situation unlikely for a barrow or a windmill. Rom coins presumably derive from a adjacent pit area if it is simply a spoil heap (S2).

May 2026. South-West Suffolk Claylands Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The earthwork mound, suggested to be a windmill mound, described above is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S5). As outlined above, its archaeological significance is doubtful and it has not been mapped by the project.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 8th May 2026.