Monument record 0033600000 - QUARRENDON III (Brookend)

Minor DMV situated in permanent pasture & bounded by rig & furrow. Traces of street pattern, enclosures & possible housesteads visible (B5).
AP shows extent of DMV, with moat in NE corner (B2).
Site confirmed on ground, sketch filed (B4).
NGR to centre (B3).
Quarrendon I & II on CASS 00557,00560.
Identified as hamlet of Brookend, mentioned in late 14th and early 15th manorial accounts and manorial court records. In 1415 the hamlet was described as unoccupied following an outbreak of plague. Subsequent court records listing unoccupied land and cottages, show that the hamlet did not recover (B6).



DMV Quarrendon (iii) SP 788177, accepted in 1965. There are traces of earthworks visible on air photographs (B7, B8 and B9).
A minor deserted medieval village situated in permanent pasture, and bounded by rig and furrow. Traces of street pattern, enclosures and possible house steads are recognisable (B10).
At SP 78781785 are the remains of a homestead moat, partly waterfilled, with arms approx 8.0m wide. Where dry, the moat is approx 1.3m deep. There is an exterior bank approx 1.0 high on the south arm, and traces of an exterior bank on the west arm. The enclosed area shows disturbed ground under pasture around a modern barn, and stands at the same height as the surrounding level. The moat is spring fed draining to a pond at the angle of the south and west arms. Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM.
No change since report of 9.10.73. AM survey correct (B11).
A rapid examination of air photography (b13) shows the settlement and probable moat as earthworks in 1969. (B12)
NRHE insert 1997 (B14).

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