Monument record 0416601000 - AROUND UPPER CRANWELL FARM

Summary

Possible moat from medieval manor house recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of probable medieval moated site recorded during a field survey and associated earthwork survival of ridge and furrow cultivation (DBC8303)

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Type and Period (3)

  • MOAT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

INDICATIONS OF THE SITE OF OLD MANOR HOUSE WITH ITS SURROUNDING MOAT, AT THE BOTTOM OF GARLICK HILL & NR PRESENT FARM BUILDINGS (B2).
TRACES OF MOAT-LIKE FEATURE VISIBLE IMMEDIATELY W, S & NE OF UPPER CRANWELL FARM. SECTIONS NOT CONTINUOUS. ONLY W PORTION HOLDS WATER (B3).
NO IDENTIFIABLE EXTANT E W S (B4).

A possible fragment of a medieval and/or post medieval moat ditch is visible on remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in small close immediately S of Upper Cranwell Farm and centred at SP 76538 15446, an L-shaped ditch between 8 and 16 metres wide extends 48 metres NW-SE, turning SW for a further 16 metres. It partially encloses a rectilinear platform about 56 x 25 metres (5).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC17716 Aerial Photograph: 23/03/66. CUC ANI 90. \.
  • <2>SBC9219 Bibliographic reference: MORETON C O 1929 WADDESDON & OVER WINCHENDON PP57- 58.
  • <3>SBC12221 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R,2 MARCH 1978,FIELD VISIT.
  • <4>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <5>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP71NE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 05-MAR-2019 SP7615.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7651 1544 (180m by 120m)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14201)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC17446)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Aug 28 2025 2:30PM

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