Monument record 0516000000 - COLEMAN'S WOOD, LITTLE MISSENDEN

Summary

Possible medieval enclosure earthworks found in field survey in Coleman's Wood

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Roman and Medieval earthwork enclosures found by surveys and test pitting

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Type and Period (2)

  • ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - Square.
Nearly square enclosure. Each side c.25m long with external ditch c.5m wide. Slight opposing bank on N, E, S sides. Enclosure banks c.2m high from ditch base to bank top. Possible entrance by NW angle. A straight bank continues S from W side for c.15m. Found by P Riches and R Smith, of Holmer Green in 1982 (B1).
A test pit dug in the enclosure ditch recorded a single fill about 1m deep, with a few sherds of abraded possibly Medieval pottery (B3).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC5345 Unpublished document: FIELD VISIT:ROLAND SMITH AND A.R.PIKE,JULY 1982.
  • <2>XYSBC14976 Graphic material: Colin Shepherd. 1984. NOTES, SURVEY PLAN AND SECTIONS (FILED). [Mapped features: #4631 ; #34997 ]
  • <3>SBC24169 Unpublished document: Sandy Kidd. 2010. Coleman's Wood: Earthwork Survey, Metal Detecting, Trial Excavation (interim note).
  • <4>SBC25127 Article in serial: Marion Wells, Stuart King, Roland McLain-Smith & Yvonne Edwards (et al). 2014. 'Late Iron Age Early Roman Transition in the Chilterns: What Ditches Can Tell Us', in Records of Bucks vol 54 pp61-73. Vol 54. pp61-62.
  • <5>SBC25143 Unpublished document: John Morris, Chiltern Woodlands Project. 2007. Iron Working sites/iron slag finds.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 91251 98117 (23m by 22m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Earthwork survey, metal detecting & trial trenching (EBC17508)
  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC13216)

Record last edited

Jan 4 2024 10:57AM

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