Newton Longville Hangmans Hill
Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Newton Longville Hangmans Hill |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Buckinghamshire |
| Modern Authority | Buckinghamshire |
| 1974 Authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | Newton Longville |
Alleged motte and windmill mound. Excavations have located Medieval burials and Medieval and post-Medieval pottery (The burials have also been interpreted as post-medieval criminal burials associated with gallows). Traditionally thought to be a gallows site. Situated on an elevated plateau under plough, this sub-oval mound has the remains of a splayed tail or ramp on the South-West side, it measures overall circa 32.0m North-East to South-West and circa 22.0 transversely and remains to a height of circa 1.3m. There is no trace of a ditch. The location and tail/ramp is suggestive of a mill mound; there is nothing to suggest it was originally a motte. The 1966 excavations by Griffiths revealed that the mound was originally thrown up in C12, perhaps for defence. In C13, a windmill was built on the summit, but it was burnt down in C14. (Derived from PastScape and Bucks HER)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SP842305 |
| Latitude | 51.9667205810547 |
| Longitude | -0.775550007820129 |
| Eastings | 484220 |
| Northings | 230520 |
