Monument record 0497000000 - NW OF BUSHEYCLOSE SPINNEY
Summary
Possible medieval fishponds or ornamental ponds
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Medieval fishponds or later ornamental ponds, on Medieval boundary of Whaddon Chase
Map
Type and Period (2)
- FISHPOND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- ORNAMENTAL POND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Length 640m, Width 50m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Series of banks & fishponds(?) forming a line of waterfalls, likely to have originated as an ornamental feature. Perhaps the 'waterfalles' referred to in the bounds of Whaddon Chase, 1493 ('From Whirledich to the waterfalles, so up Parkhill, then down to a stone between my Lord of Yorks ground & the Abbots & the Priors' (B1).
Site visit by S Kidd, 2001. Earthworks in good condition although suffering some erosion from motorcycle circuit. Dam and ?overflow leat observed at SP 793338. Whole site very wet with high potential for waterlogged deposits and associated with Nash fen (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC3257 Unpublished document: Bob Croft (MKAU) & Andrew Pike (BCM). 1980. CROFT R A (MKAU) & PIKE A R 1980 (& SEE BM ADD ROLL 53964, BOUNDS OF WHADDON CHASE; TRANSCRIPT: GURNEY NOTEBOOK 'WING & WINSLOW CT ROLLS', COPY FILED).
- <2>SBC19363 Verbal communication: Kidd S. 2001. Pers Comm Kidd S site visit.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7932 3385 (450m by 400m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NASH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | WHADDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14264)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC15885)
Record last edited
Dec 7 2023 2:57PM
