Monument record 0055601001 - QUARRENDON, S OF CHURCH RUIN

Summary

Possible sixteenth century enclosure bounding site of medieval manor house, now thought to be at a different location

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK

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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 (11)

  • ---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.
  • <3>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp479, 553, 610.
  • <4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p273.
  • <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)
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14179)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 4:58PM

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