Monument record 0420900000 - C500M NW OF PARISH CHURCH

Summary

Historical record and field survey of possible post-medieval stock enclosure or pillow mound

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Type and Period (2)

  • PILLOW MOUND? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 4000cm Width 4000cm, Height 75cm.
Plan Form - T SHAPED
BANKS UP TO 0.75M HIGH, 'DITCH ON OUTSIDE'. DITCH DRAINS EARTHWORK FROM SE CORNER. APPEARS PURPOSELY CONSTRUCTED BUT DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET. UNLIKELY WATER USED. POSS GAME ENCLOSURE OR PILLOW MOUND (B1).
1616 GRANT TO DORMER, LICENCE TO STOCK PARK WITH 'ALL KINDS OF GAME' (B2).
JUST VISIBLE ON A/P (B3).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC18761 Aerial Photograph: 13/06/47. RAF 133.4027. SP\782137. Yes.
  • <1>SBC11895 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R & DAVIES M,FEB 1978,FIELD VISIT.
  • <2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp47-48.
  • <3>SBC12491 Bibliographic reference: RAF A/P,COPY AT BCM.

Location

Grid reference SP 67570 14320 (point)
Civil Parish DORTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC17425)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2022 4:13PM

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