Mount Pleasant (mound), Hampshire
Historical Description
Mount Pleasant, a lofty earthen mound in the SW of Hants, near Lymington. It probably was the site of a watch-tower, or served as a beacon station, and signals made on it would be seen over a great extent of country.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Mount Pleasant (mound) are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)