and he illustrated this description with a small black and white illustration.
I looked at the Chapman and Andre map of 1777 and this shows a field of regularly
spaced trees, rather orchard like just east of the hall and rather near what was obviously
the upper reaches of a Saltmarsh.
Alook at the modern O.S. Map (at TL 882027) was not very promising - the largish wood
due west of Mundon Hall was shown (as Mundon Furze) but nothing just east of Mundon
Hall itself and by this time the Saltmarsh had obviously gone as well. I wondered actually
whether to bother to visit the site, but I thought I had better just in case anything was
visible. The site is accessible from Mundon Village, parking available at the village (Victory
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