Monument record 0582100000 - S OF SHALSTONE CHURCH

Summary

Medieval house platforms noted and pottery and metalwork found whilst metal-detecting. Building platforms from medieval village shrinkage are visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and were mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval shrunken village earthworks at Shalstone
  • SHINE: Earthworks of medieval house platforms recorded in a field survey, dated pottery and metal detected finds, and associated earthwork survival of ridge and furrow cultivation.

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

4 C4 COINS FOUND; HOUSE PLATFORMS VISIBLE HERE. MUCH MEDIEVAL POTTERY, SOME HAMMERED SILVER COINS (B1).

This area was assessed as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). However, no features as described were visible on any of the historic aerial photographs or remote sensing data available to the project (3-7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC14505 Unpublished document: Dave Shelley. 1992. Letter from SHELLEY D G to FARLEY M E, FEB 1992.
  • <2>SBC19258 Unpublished document: Dave Shelley. 1998. Correspondence between Shelley D and Farley M.
  • <3>SBC25704 Verbal communication: 2022. Personal comment as part of the North Buckinghamshire AIM project. S Crowther, Aerial Archaeology Specialist, Skylarkeology (EBC18304), November 2022..
  • <4>SBC26184 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-106G-UK-1361 RS 4269 03-APR-1946.
  • <5>SBC26186 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-106G-UK-1380 RP 3237 09-APR-1946.
  • <6>SBC26188 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. FSL-6125 V 24013 JUN-1961.
  • <7>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63NW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6436.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6411 3627 (80m by 150m)
Civil Parish SHALSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11767)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2023 1:45PM

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