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Harlow Mill

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	Harlow Mill
Alternative Names	Latton; Stanegrove Hill
Historic Country	Essex
Modern Authority	Essex
1974 Authority	Essex
Civil Parish	Harlow

Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman religious site, and medieval moot. 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. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Has been suggested as a medieval motte but rejected as castle by King as plainly Roman in origin. Roman origin does not exclude latter reuse but the site has been extensively excavated and even short term post-Conquest use has not been identified. The VCH places the moot hill south in Mulberry Green.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

370088

County Historic Environment Record

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OS Map Grid Reference	TL468123
Latitude	51.7901382446289
Longitude	0.127059996128082
Eastings	546800
Northings	212310