Monument record 0411500000 - DECOY WOOD, UPPER WINCHENDON

Summary

Post-medieval duck decoy pond recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Post-medieval decoy pond in Decoy Wood (DBC9417)

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Type and Period (1)

  • DECOY POND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Plan Form - OCTAGONAL
DECOY BELONGING TO WHARTONS WAS IN WOOD NEAR PRESENT FARM (B1).
VERY LITTLE OPEN WATER WHEN VISITED END OF MARCH 1923. GENERAL SHAPE OF PONDS & PIPES CLEAR (B2).
FIELD VISIT: WOOD NOW VERY OVERGROWN THOUGH FEW SMALL LAKES & CHANNELS STILL VISIBLE (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p441.
  • <2>SBC4521 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS P116.
  • <3>SBC11914 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) DEC 1977 FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7337 1412 (220m by 200m)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13456)

Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 12:32PM

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