Monument record 0034004000 - DENHAM LODGE

SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT. WELL-MARKED HOUSE PLATFORMS & SUNKEN ROADS TO W OF DENHAM LODGE, & TO N AN EXTENSIVE PART OF THE SITE RIGHT UP THE HILLSIDE (MONUMENT DESCRIPTION AM7, SAM FILE). EXTENT OF FORMER SETTLEMENT DEFINED FROM APS (B8).
C19 SOURCE SAYS HAMLET OR MANOR NOW DIVIDED INTO 4 FARMS (B2).

The earthwork remains of a medieval deserted settlement is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in fields W and N of Denham Lodge and centred at SP 75424 20739, the earthworks comprise an interconnected system of ditches that extend over an area about 460 metres SSW-NNE and 245 metres WNW-ESE. These form boundaries and/or trackways, defining at least 12 contiguous irregularly shaped and variously sized enclosures. A possible rectangular pond about 54 x 70 metres is centred at SP 75487 20664. Within the ditched enclosures are at least six small blocks of ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks. To the SW of the moat there is a cluster of eight rectilinear platforms, bounded by an interconnected ditch system that may have been property boundaries (11-13).