Monument record 0052503000 - MOAT FARM

Summary

Possible medieval moat or fishpond at Moat Farm, now mainly destroyed by M40.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0370 m Width 0280
Plan Form - OVOID
AP SHOWS EARTHWORK SITUATED ON LOW PLATEAU; LARGE HOMESTEAD MOAT PERHAPS REUSING IRON AGE PLATEAU CAMP. LARGELY DESTROYED BY M40 & GRAVEL WORKINGS, THOUGH NE PART STILL WATERFILLED (B12-14). SECTION THROUGH DRY MOAT SHOWED PROFILE & INFILLING. MEDIEVAL, NOT IA, BUT NO PRE-C16 FINDS (SEE REPORT)(B10-18).

Sources (15)

  • ---SBC18938 Aerial Photograph: 18/01/47. RAF 79/4149. SU\985868. Yes.
  • ---SBC18939 Aerial Photograph: 18/01/47. RAF 79/4150. SU\983868. Yes.
  • ---SBC18940 Aerial Photograph: 18/01/47. RAF 79/4151. SU\976869. Yes.
  • ---SBC18941 Aerial Photograph: 18/01/47. RAF 79/4152. SU\974869. Yes.
  • ---SBC18942 Aerial Photograph: 18/01/47. RAF 79/4153. SU\968867. Yes.
  • <10>SBC2440 Unpublished document: CAS CARD 0575 & CORRESPONDENCE (FILED).
  • <11>SBC14847 Bibliographic reference: STANLEY C & FARLEY M E JULY 1979 FIELD WORK.
  • <12>SBC12653 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P192.
  • <13>SBC11415 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS SU.98 NE 13/23 & OS 1:2500 SURVEY.
  • <14>SBC4992 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E FIELD VISIT JAN 1977.
  • <15>SBC6035 Article in serial: R Hall. 1980. REPORT IN TIMESPAN:JOURNAL OF THE MIDDLE THAMES ARCH & HIST SOC 24 PP23-24. No 24.
  • <16>SBC14815 Article in serial: Bambi Stainton. 1980. 'MOAT FARM', IN CBA 9 NEWSLETTER10 PP9-21. No10.
  • <17>SBC13975 Scheduling record: DoE. 1980. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS, 1980 SAM 136 (BUCKS).
  • <18>SBC2639 Article in serial: Stan and Pauline Cauvain. 1988. 'EXCAVATIONS AT MOAT FARM, HEDGERLEY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 30 PP183-187. Vol 30.
  • <20>SBC20096 Unpublished document: Sandy Kidd. 2000. Report of Site Visit to Moat Farm.

Location

Grid reference SU 97650 88250 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HEDGERLEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14498)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16298)
  • Event - Intervention: Trial excavations (EBC11032)

Record last edited

Feb 23 2018 2:58PM

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