Monument record 0055101000 - W OF PLOUGH FARM

Summary

Possible medieval moat (or hermitage?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (3)

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

Description

RCHM SAY RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE IS A HOMESTEAD MOAT (B2).
OTHER SOURCES SAY IT IS THE SITE OF A HERMITAGE (B1,B3).

A medieval moat is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field adjacent Plough Farm and centred at SP 65156 30681, a rectilinear moat ditch up to 7 metres wide encloses a rectangular platform about 36 x 29 metres. From the NE, SW and SE corners, linear ditches extend beyond the moat between 17 and 55 metres (4-5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp163, 168.
  • <2>SBC13005 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P86.
  • <3>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <4>SBC26278 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-2008 RS 4015 16-APR-1947.
  • <5>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63SE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6530.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6515 3067 (70m by 50m)
Civil Parish CHETWODE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Nov 22 2023 10:21PM

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