Monument record 0434900000 - DUNTON (TO E OF)

Summary

Post-medieval boundary ditches and hollow-way visible in aerial photos and surviving as slight earthworks.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
  • HOLLOW WAY (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0050 cm
Plan Form - LINEAR
EARTHWORKS; MINOR DISTURBANCES OVERLYING RIDGE & FURROW. EARLY ENCLOSURE BOUNDARIES & AN OLD HOLLOW WAY. NOT MORE THAN 0.5M HIGH (B1).
HOLLOW WAY SHOWN AS A TRACK ON INCLOSURE COMMISSIONERS' WORKING MAP (1811)(B2).
NGR TO EARTHWORKS, C 1.2KM E OF DUNTON, TO N OF ROAD (B1).



SP 838244. Earthworks east of Dunton. Minor disturbances overlying rig and furrow (B3).
These features represent early enclosure boundaries and an old holloway. They are at present under pasture, and are not more than 0.5m high (B4).
No change to report of 2.7.73 (B5)

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC10756 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1977. OS RECORD CARD SP 82 SW: 9.
  • <2>SBC6853 Unpublished document: 1985. JONES N W 1985 (OCT) (SEE HIS STEWKLEY PARISH SURVEY, P16).
  • <3>SBC29268 Aerial Photograph: J K St Joseph. St Joseph SH13.
  • <4>SBC29263 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 02-JUL-73.
  • <5>SBC29264 Verbal communication: 1977. Field Investigators Comments - R2 RSC 29-JUN-77.
  • <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 838 244 (point)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14371)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17576)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17577)

Record last edited

Feb 27 2026 12:27PM

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