Monument record 0428801000 - SE OF GAWCOTT FARM

Summary

A rectilinear ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmarks of an undated rectangular enclosure

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Type and Period (6)

  • ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
  • RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • DITCH (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
PART OF A RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (?) WITH INTERNAL FEATURES VISIBLE AS A CROPMARK ON AP'S (PROBABLY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MILL, 00:000)(B7).

A rectilinear ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field about 360 metres ESE of Gawcott Farm and centred at SP 68817 31579, underlies blocks of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks is a U-shaped ditch between 1.5 and 2 metres wide that encloses an internal area about 104 metres WNW-ESE and 135 metres SSW-NNE, with the NNE side open. It may be that this was a rectilinear ditched enclosure. Within the enclosure in the SE corner is a possible small rectangular ditched enclosure 23 x 21 metres (8-10).

Sources (4)

  • <7>SBC12081 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FROM NMR A/P SP6831/1-2, JULY 1990 (COPIE S AT BCM).
  • <8>SBC26506 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. NMR 4661-13 20-JUL-1990.
  • <9>SBC26507 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. NMR 4661-14 20-JUL-1990.
  • <10>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. Dated 15-APR-2007 Accessed Online 24-JUL-2023.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6882 3151 (140m by 130m)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11921)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Oct 6 2023 11:30AM

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