Information for record number MWA3017:
Site of Windmill 300m SE of Lodge Farm

Summary The site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It was in use during the Imperial period and is marked on a tithe map of 1849, although it may have been built before this. The post mill was situated 600m north east of Lower Green.
What Is It?  
Type: Windmill, Post Mill
Period: Post-medieval - Industrial (1540 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Grandborough
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 68
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Windmill marked on the 1849 Tithe Map. Medieval (or later). Post mill. A mill at Woolscott is recorded in 1668 and may be the same mill (but see PRN 3034).
2 No trace to indicate the mill's exact location.
3 On a site visit to Lodge Farm Ed Wilson Planning Archaeologist reported that the location for WA3017 is incorrect; it is not the highest part of the field and has ridge and furrow over it. An area 'C' is the highest part of the field but seems too slight a bump to be a mill mound. Area 'A' could be a small mill mound and has lumps of rough stone emerging from the grass. Area 'B' looks convincing as a mill mound and may well be the mill referreenced by the WA3017 map name.
 
Sources
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Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title:
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Date: 06/28/75
Page Number: G
Volume/Sheet: SK2900
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Windmills Gazetteer
Author/originator: WAS
Date: 1979
Page Number: 20
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: Mill mound SE of Dunchurch
Author/originator: Wilson, Ed
Date: 2003
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3081
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WINDMILL * A tower-like structure of wood or brick with a wooden cap and sails which are driven around by the wind producing power to work the internal machinery. Use with product type where known. back
monument LODGE * A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known. back
monument RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument POST MILL * A type of windmill, mainly timber-framed, whose body, containing machinery and carrying the sail, rotates about an upright post. back

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