Monument record 0516504000 - ASHRIDGE ESTATE

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval lynchets recorded in field survey

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Type and Period (1)

  • LYNCHET (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
BANKS ARE 3-10M WIDE, NOT MORE THAN 50CM HIGH. RARELY ANY SIGN OF DITCHES APART FROM AROUND ENCLOSURES. MOST HAVE A LYNCHET LIKE FORM. ORIGINAL EXTENT OF FIELDS STILL UNCLEAR. SOME DOUBLE BANKS AND RECENT BOUNDARIES, SOME SURVIVING TILL C19TH. FURTHER DETAIL, PLOTS AND PROFILES (B1).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC16359 Unpublished document: Angus Wainright. 1985. ASHRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY INTERIM REPORT.
  • <2>SBC9454 Unpublished document: 1982. MR.R.DODGE AND M.E.FARLEY, JULY 1982 (PER W R G MOORE, NORTHAMPTON MUSEUM).
  • <3>SBC2255 Bibliographic reference: C.H.DALWOOD,1984/M.D.A.CARDS (SEE ALSO O'CONNOR B 1980 CROSS-CHANNEL RELATIONS IN THE LATER BRONZE A.
  • <4>SBC4428 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP70-71 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).

Location

Grid reference SP 97600 13900 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 4 2024 11:30AM

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