Monument record 0048201000 - 500M WSW OF PARISH CHURCH

Summary

Possible twelfth to thirteenth century motte recorded in survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOTTE? (12th Century to 13th Century - 1100 AD? to 1299 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 18m.
Plan Form - Circular.
Fortified mount (B1).
Mound possibly remains of fortification thrown up by the Passelewes in C12/C13 (B2).
Bulldozed May 1971; Medieval pottery collected from site. Could otherwise have been a windmill mound? (B3).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC18470 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/90. NMR SP8328/5. SP\833282. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p100.
  • <2>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p345.
  • <3>SBC4436 Bibliographic reference: DUNNETT R 1971(MAY) FIELD VISIT (FROM OLD RECORD C ARD- NOT RETAINED).
  • <4>SBC13499 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1971 19 P94.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8324 2824 (60m by 50m)
Civil Parish DRAYTON PARSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13557)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 5:24PM

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