Monument record 0041700000 - NUNEHAM HILL FIELD, STEWKLEY

Summary

Medieval moated site, surviving as earthworks

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1405589: Moated site and section of hollow way 200m south west of St Michael's Church, Stewkley
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval moat
  • SHINE: Stewkley medieval moated site and ridge and furrow earthworks

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

BROAD, DEEP MOAT (B1).
HOMESTEAD MOAT ON SIDE OF A HILL, 200 YDS SW OF PARISH CHURCH. HAS A RETAINING BANK ON SW SIDE (B2).
'MOAT' AT NGR (B3).
AS DESCRIBED BY RCHM. RE-SURVEYED (B4).
Scheduled in June 2013. See Scheduling documents for detail (B5).

A medieval moated site is visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a close adjacent Tythe Gardens (formerly the site of Tithe Farm) in Stewkley village and centred at SP 85065 25959, a slightly trapezoidal earthwork platform about 21 metres square is enclosed by a ditch that varies in width between 3.7 and 8.3 metres wide. In the E facing corner the ditch extends slightly further to the NE by 6 metres. Though still extant, dense tree canopy growth on the site means that the moat is not visible on aerial photographs taken in 2019 (6-7).

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC18902 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 42.4287. SP\858261. Yes.
  • ---SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. SP8525.
  • ---SBC25608 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4288 12-DEC-1946.
  • <1>SBC14298 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P752.
  • <2>SBC12956 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P277.
  • <3>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <4>SBC10578 Bibliographic reference: OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR/OS RECORD CARD,APRIL 1974 (S URVEY IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0417).
  • <5>SBC24353 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2013. National Heritage List for England: Schedule of Monuments.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 85060 25961 (63m by 59m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 1:39PM

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