Monument record TQ 95 NE 138 - Site of a post medieval windmill, Newnham

A windmill stood within the earthworks northeast of Newnham. It appears on OS drawings of 1797 and on the first edition OS map.

The windmill was apparently demolished in 1876, the earthworks being levelled in 1880. (1)

During a watching brief at Mill Cottage in 2020, a large cut feature and ditch infill deposits were identified 'extending roughly northeast – southwest across the north-western portion of the Mill Cottage terrace'. This was 'almost certainly… the outer curving edge to the castle ‘Motte’ mound'. The construction terrace for the mill 'infringed partially into the south-eastern curve of the ‘Motte’ ditch'. (2)

<1> Kent Archaeological Projects, 2006, An archaeological watching brief at 39 The Street, Newnham, near Faversham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE18283.

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2020, Mill Cottage, Sharsted Hill, Newnham, Kent ME9 0XJ, Archaeological Watching Brief Summary Report (Unpublished document). SKE53655.