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Hill Hall is a deserted settlement site in Essex comprising the remains of a brick kiln and associated manorial settlement at Mount Hall. The brick kiln represents medieval or early post-medieval industrial activity, typical of the period when such installations became established features of the Essex landscape to supply building materials for local construction projects. The settlement itself reflects the pattern of rural occupation and land use characteristic of the medieval period, though the site has since been abandoned and survives primarily as an archaeological monument. The combination of industrial and residential features at the site provides evidence for the economic and domestic organisation of a small manorial community.
Hill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021438. View the official record →
Hill Hall is a deserted settlement site in Essex comprising the remains of a brick kiln and associated manorial settlement at Mount Hall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021438.
Hill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021438.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa south of Hill Farm (2.6 km), Moat House moated site (2.7 km), Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount Hall stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.