Monument record 0055601003 - QUARRENDON, S OF CHURCH RUIN

Summary

Earthworks thought originally to have been used as Civil War battery, reinterpreted as sixteenth century formal water garden following detailed field survey.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK

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Type and Period (1)

  • (Former Type) BATTERY? (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 270m, Width 170m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Earthworks seem too strong & well constructed to be entirely Elizabethan & do not appear to be laid out by a military architect, suggesting their adoption/renovation & strengthening in the Civil War (CF Newark seige works) (1:2500 survey shows redoubt & possible flanking battery) (B11).
Survey by RCHME in 1989-1990 (B12).
Redoubt and possible flanking battery reinterpreted following RCHME topographical survey. Now thought to be some kind of water feature with low parallel banks separated by watery channels which could havd underpinned the cultivation of a specialist crop or even provided a context for wild fowl (B18).

Sources (9)

  • ---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.
  • <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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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14179)
  • Event - Survey: Detailed earthwork survey (EBC15854)

Record last edited

May 22 2022 4:19PM

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