Monument record 0055400000 - SE OF CHURCH FARM

Summary

Earthworks once thought to be a Civil War battery, reinterpreted as sixteenth century rabbit warren following detailed field survey.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthwork complex of Medieval deserted village, church and manor and Tudor mansion and gardens
  • SHINE: Quarrendon deserted medieval village, manor, Tudor garden earthworks and Weedon Hill Roman settlement

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Type and Period (5)

  • PILLOW MOUND (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • RABBIT WARREN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Former Type) ARTILLERY FORT (Civil War - 1640 AD to 1649 AD)
  • (Former Type) GUN EMPLACEMENT (Civil War - 1640 AD to 1649 AD)
  • (Former Type) SCONCE (Civil War - 1640 AD to 1649 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 8m, Height 1m.
Plan Form - Subrectangular.
3 lines of entrenchments with gun embrasures & 4 mounds probably thrown up during 1642 battle (B1-3).
Situated on crest of low ridge facing N, E & S, so overlooking Aylesbury. Rampart is 1.2m high, 8m wide with 12 cannon embrasures; to rear minor earthworks are ammunition depots etc (B4-6).
Survey (B7).
Site visit 2000 photos (B8).
Reinterpretation following RCHME topographical survey, now believed to be rabbit warren (B9).

Sources (17)

  • ---SBC17397 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/8/29. SP\805158. Yes.
  • ---SBC17793 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 87. SP\806158. Yes.
  • ---SBC17813 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 78-80. SP\805158. Yes.
  • ---SBC17897 Aerial Photograph: 27/04/54. CUC NY 73. SP\806157. Yes.
  • ---SBC18426 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP8015/54-55. SP\805158. Yes.
  • ---SBC21044 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1998. 1998 Mike Farley oblique AP. SP80561578. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p604.
  • <2>SBC12694 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P273; 2 P27.
  • <3>SBC15833 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P100.
  • <4>SBC13997 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1990. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <5>SBC5090 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E SEPT 1973.
  • <6>SBC10943 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW8,JULY 1968.
  • <7>SBC13169 Bibliographic reference: RCHM(E),1989-1990 (COPY OF SURVEY IN CAS FILE 0407 ).
  • <8>SBC19289 Photograph: Kidd S & Wise J. 2000. Quarrendon DMV SAM site visit 2000.
  • <9>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.
  • <10>SBC24011 Unpublished document: John Samuels Archaeological Consultants. 2001. An Analysis of the Setting of Quarrendon Scheduled Ancient Monument (No.12004) in Relation to the Proposed Development at Weedon Hill, Aylesbury.
  • <11>SBC25937 Unpublished document: Michael Farley Archaeology. 1999. Quarrendon: A Preliminary Study of its Archaeology and Management.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8063 1563 (220m by 160m)
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14147)
  • Event - Survey: Detailed earthwork survey (EBC15854)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit 2000 (EBC15811)

Record last edited

Feb 22 2023 1:28PM

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