Monument record 0033200000 - NW OF AKEMAN STREET STATION

Summary

Medieval moat shown on historic map of 1580 and surviving as earthworks

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Medieval moat earthworks (DBC8969)
SHINE: Ivinghoe Astone medieval moated site and deserted village earthworks (DBC7483)
SHINE: Ivinghoe Astone medieval moated site and deserted village earthworks (DBC7483)
SHINE: Ivinghoe Astone medieval moated site and deserted village earthworks (DBC7483)
SHINE: Ivinghoe Astone medieval moated site and deserted village earthworks (DBC7483)
SHINE: Ivinghoe Astone medieval moated site and deserted village earthworks (DBC7483)

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MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

1580 MAP: 'MOAT FARM' APPROX AT NGR (B1).
HOMESTEAD MOAT NEAR A STREAM (B2).
'MOAT'(B3).
SURVIVES AS SHOWN ON OS MAPS, BUT OUTER DITCHED FEATURES ON N & W SIDES HAVE BEEN INFILLED & LEVELLED. ISLAND IS FLAT & LEVEL (B4).
OWNER IS CLEARING MOAT TO ENABLE WATER TO STAND ALL ROUND (B5).

The remains of a moat near Collett Farm in a field known as Kitchen Close (B6). (Shown but not described on OS 6" 1958 at SP 70451834) (B2).
A sub rectangular homestead moat occupying approx 1/2 acre and situated some 75.0m ASL adjacent to a stream. It has a max overall east-west width of 30.0m with a north-south length of 56.0m. The arms vary in width from 6.0m-11.0m- the north and east being water-filled. Published (OS 25") adjacent ponds have now been infilled. There is no trace of a building on the island which stands 0.2m above the surrounding levels. The moat is spring fed with no obvious drainage channel. Published survey (1:2500) revised on AM (B7).
NRHE insert 1997 (B8).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (8)

<1>SBC3549 Map: DODDERSHALL ESTATE MAP,1580 (AT DODDERSHALL PARK) (SEE ALSO LIPSCOMB 1 PP410-411).
<2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p345.
<3>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
<4>SBC5315 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT:A.R.PIKE,APRIL 1978.
<5>SBC5341 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT:M.E.FARLEY,SEPT.1985.
<6>SBC19627 Bibliographic reference: C. Oscar Moreton. 1929. Waddeson And Over Winchendon.
<7>SBC28823 Verbal communication: F D Colquhoun. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F1 FDC 14-JUL-77.
<8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 7045 1833 (70m by 70m)
Civil Parish	WOODHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 15 2026 3:48PM