Monument record 0055000000 - SHREDING GREEN FARM

Summary

Site of a Medieval moat at Shreding Green Farm, infilled in the 1930s.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Site of a Medieval moat, now backfilled (DBC9328)

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Plan Form - HORSESHOE SHAPED
HOMESTEAD MOAT (B1).
OBLITERATED BY PLOUGHING BUT THE COURSE OF ITS ARMS CAN BE TRACED BY PORTIONS OF DARKER COLOURED SOIL (B2).
MOAT FILLED IN C .1932/1934. A HORSESHOE SHAPE WITH RUBBLE FILL IS STILL VISIBLE UNDER MARKET GARDEN (B3).
This moat has been ploughed out and subsequently filled in, but its course can be picked out by differential soil marks on aerial photographs. The Buckinghamshire County Museum has designated this site as one which would require archaeological investigation (B4).

Small area of archaeological potential recorded on the western edge of the site. This corresponds with the moated site recorded on the 1844 Iver Tithe map. The most prominent response coming from the infilled moat ditch. A broad cluster of linear anomalies identified to the east of the moat may represent a reported track around the moat (B5).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC18852 Aerial Photograph: 11/05/55. RAF 299.0092. TQ\033813. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p221.
  • <2>SBC11302 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1953. OS RECORD CARD, APRIL 1953.
  • <3>SBC5334 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1973. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, JUNE 1973.
  • <4>SBC22555 Unpublished document: Greater London Council. 1977. The Archaeology of the Colne Valley Park. Table 12.
  • <5>SBC28637 Unpublished document: Headland Archaeology. 2025. Land South of Iver, Buckinghamshire: Geophysical Survey Report.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 0280 8098 (60m by 80m)
Civil Parish IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Geophysics (magnetometer) Survey: Land south of Iver (Ref: IVER25) (EBC18838)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17228)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17229)

Record last edited

Dec 12 2025 11:08AM

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