Monument record 0467500000 - ADJACENT MANOR FARM,ON SW

Summary

Medieval house platform recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval building, possibly the site of a farmstead or manor (DBC8949)
  • SHINE: Edlesborough medieval manor complex including fish ponds (DBC7478)
  • SHINE: Edlesborough medieval manor complex including fish ponds (DBC7478)
  • SHINE: Edlesborough medieval manor complex including fish ponds (DBC7478)

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
LARGE PLATFORM C.1.5M HIGH AT S END, SLOPING DOWN TO MANOR FARM AT N END. BRIEF INSPECTION OF ALLOTMENTS OCCUPYING SITE REVEALED MEDIEVAL POTTERY (SOME COLLECTED). WHOLE IS PROBABLY A MAJOR HOMESTEAD SITE, PERHAPS AN EARLY MANOR SITE, OR AN EARLIER SITE OF MANOR FARM, SINCE SHIFTED TO N (B1).

A Medieval house platform and associated scatter of pottery was found at Manor Farm, Mentmore, SP90781993 (B2).

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 (3)

  • <1>SBC4795 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E & PIKE A R FEB 1980.
  • <2>SBC22665 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1980. 'Archaeological Notes from Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire 22 pp129-136. Vol 22. p135.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9079 1992 (100m by 110m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish MENTMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13476)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14006)

Record last edited

Sep 4 2026 12:23PM

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