Monument record 0412700000 - N & S OF ROAD TO CHURCH
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Medieval parish church of St Mary, earthworks of Medieval shrunken village and motte & bailey castle (DBC9081)
- SHINE: Hornage Farm medieval moated site (DBC7502)
- SHINE: Hornage Farm medieval moated site (DBC7502)
Map
Type and Period (3)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Description
IN FIELD TO S OF ROAD TO CHURCH SPRING RISES IN S. POSS HOLLOW WAYS & HOUSE PLATFORMS. BRICKS & MORTAR NOTICED C.1955. IN FIELD AT FRONT OF MANOR HOUSE AN UNEVEN AREA, KNOWN AS 'MOUNTAINS CLOSE (B1).
PERAMBULATION OF AREA REVEALED ONE PLATFORM WITH NO OTHER ASSOCIATED EARTHWORKS VISIBLE (B2).
Possible trackways and boundaries of probable medieval date are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant earthworks and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located aproximately 140m west of the medieval motte at Weston Turville and centred at SP 85795 10380. Earthworks of linear ditches and banks are faintly visible on aerial photographs from 1945 and clear on lidar visualisations of the area. The earthworks appear to the remains of trackways, boundaries and/or possible building platforms on the north side of Church Walk, the road leading to the manor house and church, at Weston Turville, to the north of an area of watermeadows and a pleasaunce visible as earthworks to the south (see MBC47219) and west of the motte and bailey at Weston Turville (see MBC3201). Modern land use is pasture/grass. (4-7)
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC4506 Bibliographic reference: EGAN MR G,NOV/DEC 1977.
- <2>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <3>SBC23045 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley, Edward Legg and James Venn (eds). 2007. The Watermills of Buckinghamshire: A 1930s account by Stanley Freese with original photographs.
- <4>SBC26820 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/717 RS 4009 23-Aug-1945.
- <5>SBC26906 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/683 RP 3051 23-Aug-1945.
- <6>SBC26904 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1949. RAF/541/340 RP 3307 26-Jul-1949.
- <7>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP8510 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2020 date accessed 09-Mar-2023.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 8580 1024 (140m by 470m) |
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Civil Parish | WESTON TURVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14202)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)
Record last edited
Apr 2 2025 4:28PM