Monument record 0032101000 - TETCHWICK FARM

Summary

Medieval moat at Tetchwick Farm - Quadrangular Medieval moat, water filled with a causeway on the north west side.

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Medieval moat and manor of Tetchwick (DBC9512)
Local Heritage List 16327: Tetchwick Moat (DBC12712)
SHINE: Tetchwick medieval to post medieval moated manor site, possible village earthworks (DBC7452)

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Type and Period (1)

MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 70m, Width 60m.
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
HOMESTEAD MOAT (B2).
IRREGULAR QUADRANGULAR MOAT(B3).
POSSIBLE TRACES OF HOUSES TO S, RIDGE & FURROW TO N (B4).
VISIBLE ON APS (B5).
MARKED AT NGR (B6).

(SP 67791875) Moat (NR) (B14).

A quadrangular Homestead Moat, SW of Tetchwick Moat Farm (B2).

Published 25" survey revised (B11).

The homestead moat SW of Tetchwick Moat Farm consists of an uneven interior encompassed by a deep water filled quadrangular moat, crossed by a causeway on the NW. side. The overall measurement of the site is 70.0m x 60.0m; the interior measures 50.0m x 40.0m. There are no traces of building foundations in the interior.
There is no obvious inlet or outlet channel for the water, except possibly a small ditch (now dry) leading from the western angle to a stream which flows in a north westerly direction. (B15)
NRHE insert 1998 (B13).

Sources (12)

---SBC17626 Aerial Photograph: 23/01/76. CSS 217.3413. SP\680190. Yes.
---SBC18749 Aerial Photograph: 13/06/47. RAF 129.3114. SP\682194. Yes.
<2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. pp250,252.
<3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp69, 71.
<4>SBC1653 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W NOTES ON BUCKS DMV'S (IN CAS FILE 00 00)/BERESFORD M W & HURST J G DMV RESEARCH GROUP .
<5>SBC12486 Bibliographic reference: RAF A/P JUNE 1947 & BRITISH GAS A/P JAN 1976.
<6>SBC10479 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS 1979 1:2500 MAP. Paper. 1:2,500.
<7>SBC10696 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 61 NE 3 & 8,FEB 1977 (FILED).
<11>SBC28492 Verbal communication: Bernard Harley Seaman. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 BHS 18-JUL-73.
<13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
<14>SBC28494 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 6" 1958.
<15>SBC28497 Verbal communication: John Gilbert Barton. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F2 JGB 24-FEB-77.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6779 1875 (104m by 98m)
Civil Parish	LUDGERSHALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire