Monument record 0402501000 - LAMPORT shrunken village: house platforms
Summary
Medieval house platforms and small rectangular enclosures visible on aerial photographs and in field survey
Protected Status/Designation
- SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland
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Type and Period (1)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Description
SOME TERRACED HOUSE PLATFORMS ON E & W OF HOLLOW WAY. PROBABLY ALSO OTHER HOUSE SITES IN E PART OF THE FIELD, BUT FEATURES NOT DISTINCT DUE TO DISTURBANCE (?QUARRYING) (B5).
NGR TO CENTRE OF SETTLEMENT TRACES (B4).
Earthwork survey and research by English Heritage and University of Leicester for the Whittlewood Project suggests that Lamport developed as a regular settlement along the major north-south valley, with a second focus to the west along the east-west and southwest-northeast trackways . It may have originated in the late Saxon period as a small market centre along a major route. See report for detail (B14).
Sources (8)
- ---SBC17368 Aerial Photograph: 13/08/90. BCM A14/15/26-27. SP\682374. Yes.
- ---SBC20005 Aerial Photograph: RAF 541 Squadron. 1946. RAF vertical AP Run 20, frame 4184. SP68373740. Yes. Yes.
- ---SBC20007 Aerial Photograph: JAS AIR. 1988. RUN 456: 1488057. SP68003667. Yes. Yes.
- ---SBC24749 Unpublished document: Graham Brown. Undated. Earthwork survey at Lamport.
- <4>SBC2993 Verbal communication: George Clarke. 1977. CLARKE G, PERS COMM, APRIL 1977.
- <5>SBC522 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PIKE A R (BCM), PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, 8TH SEPT 1977.
- <7>SBC16360 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SU RVEY (STOWE ON P16) (IN CAS FILE 4208).
- <13>SBC22774 Bibliographic reference: Richard Jones and Mark Page. 2006. Medieval Villages in an English Landscape: Beginnings and Ends. Fig 59, p164.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 68400 37400 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17560)
- Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC17167)
Record last edited
Nov 27 2023 7:53PM
