Monument record 0415800000 - C600M SE OF MAINSHILL FARM

Summary

Medieval or post-medieval fishpond recorded in field survey and in historical records

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval fishpond (DBC9059)
  • SHINE: Mainshill Farm medieval to post medieval fishpond (DBC7497)

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Type and Period (1)

  • FISHPOND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Width 52m, Length 56m.
Plan Form - Square.
Depressed central area surrounded by bank, ditch & outer bank which extends NW from NW corner (B1).
No visble inlet from the river - would probably have been at SW corner (B1).
Seasonally waterfilled, moated fishpond (B3).
Perhaps the fishpond in Bulls Water Mead mentioned in 1623 with the fishing (B4).
Earthworks surveyed (B5).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC18894 Aerial Photograph: 01/12/46. RAF 40.4073. SP\752117. Yes.
  • <1>SBC12222 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1978. PIKE A R, 2 MARCH 1978, PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT (CONFIRMED BY P STEVENS, OS).
  • <2>SBC102 Bibliographic reference: A/P (AT BCM).
  • <3>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p122.
  • <5>SBC14974 Cartographic materials: C Shepherd. 1984. SURVEY AND DESCRIPTION BY C SHEPHERD (CMAG). Plan & profile. Draughting film.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 75091 12411 (81m by 74m)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13459)
  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC13653)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 5:27PM

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