Monument record 0616400000 - FIELD NEXT TO WHITE HART PH
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- MOAT? (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- FISHPOND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
Description
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
MOAT OF UNKNOWN AGE IN FIELD ADJACENT TO WHITE HART PUB. FIELD HAS COUNCIL HOUSES IN IT. NOW A CESS PIT IS THERE BUT THE MOAT IS STILL PARTIALLY VISIBLE (B1).
A medieval moat and probable fishpond is visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field west of Pound Lane in Preston Bissett village and centred at SP 65935 30063, a rectilinear ditch between 5.5 and 7 metres wide encloses an internal area about 42.5 metres SW-NE and 20 metres NW-SE. The NE corner of the moat is not visible, a residential house and garden having been built upon it. Some 70 metres to the SW is a rectangular ditch or fishpond about 21 x 24 metres. On aerial photographs taken in 2019 and recent remote sensing data, the expansion of residential housing means that only the NW facing side and NW corner of the moat remains visible (2-4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC12551 Bibliographic reference: RAYNER P 1994 MEMORIES OF PRESTON BISSETT, PP101-102..
- <2>SBC26006 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-106G-UK-1380 RP 3025 09-APR-1946.
- <3>SBC26277 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-3G-TUD-UK-86 RV 6148 26-Mar-1946.
- <4>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 14-SEP-2019 SP6530.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 65900 30000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PRESTON BISSETT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
Record last edited
Dec 19 2023 5:41PM
