Monument record 0055601001 - QUARRENDON, S OF CHURCH RUIN
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK
Map
Type and Period (4)
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
- (Former Type) RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
- (Former Type) BANK (EARTHWORK) (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
- (Former Type) DITCHED ENCLOSURE (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Length 270m, Width 170m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Manorial site. House was surrounded by a dry moat with broad outer bank & traces of outer ditch & 2nd bank beyond. Bank is 2.2m high, 25m wide; internal ditch 17m wide, 1.5m deep. Entrance is in N arm & central area, divided by banks & ditches, shows no trace of Elizabethan manor house (B3-4,B11).
Survey (B12).
Now not thought to be site of Sir Henry Lee's mansion, based on RHCME topographical survey (B18).
Sources (19)
- ---SBC17284 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/75. BCM A1/5/12. SP\798156. Yes.
- ---SBC17395 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/8/22A. SP\801157. Yes.
- ---SBC17794 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 89. SP\802157. Yes.
- ---SBC17814 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 80-83. SP\801158. Yes.
- ---SBC17846 Aerial Photograph: 06/09/80. CUC CNH 40. SP\801159. Yes.
- ---SBC18423 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP7915/10/154. SP\799157. Yes.
- <1>SBC7638 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP401-406.
- <2>SBC14463 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP738-739.
- <3>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp479, 553, 610.
- <4>SBC12693 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P273.
- <5>SBC16033 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP100-101.
- <6>SBC2827 Bibliographic reference: CHAMBERS E K 1936 SIR HENRY LEE PP216,237-238.
- <7>SBC1634 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAN D,AN AERIAL SURVEY PP57-59.
- <8>SBC6550 Unpublished document: Hurst J G. NOTES ON QUARRENDON (FILED).
- <9>SBC5756 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N & FARLEY M E SEPT 1973 FIELD VISIT.
- <10>SBC13957 Scheduling record: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUM ENTS/HBMC JAN 1990.
- <11>SBC10942 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW7.
- <12>SBC13168 Graphic material: 1989-1990. RCHM(E),1989-1990 (COPY OF SURVEY IN CAS FILE 0407).
- <18>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 8005 1574 (300m by 340m) |
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Civil Parish | QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14179)
Record last edited
Feb 22 2023 3:12PM