Monument record 0063006000 - EARTHWORKS AT NOTLEY ABBEY

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval earthworks surveyed at Notley Abbey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1017516: NOTLEY ABBEY: AN AUGUSTINIAN ABBEY AND ASSOCIATED POST-DISSOLUTION DOVECOTE

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Type and Period (6)

  • PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • TERRACE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • BOUNDARY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • BURIAL (Unknown date)

Description

SHOWN ON AP1 DITCHED ENCLOSURES/WATER MANAGEMENT IN FIELD SW OF NOTLEY ABBEY. ALSO VISIBLE ON 1934 OBLIQUE AP, FIELD SHOWN STIPPLED ON 1ST ED OS (B22).
EARTHWORK SURVEY AT 1:2500 IDENTIFIES BUILDING PLATFORMS, BOUNDARY DITCHES, ETC INTERPRETED AS TRACES OF INTERNAL LAYOUT WITH INNER & OUTER PRECINCTS (B23).
SALVAGE EXCAVATION AFTER PIPELINE WORKS DISTURBED A BURIAL ALIGNED NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST, WITH HEAD AT NORTH. UNDISTURBED BONE WAS LEFT IN SITU. BURIAL ADJACENT TO INFILLED DITCH 0.90-1.0M DEEP AND 2.60M WIDE (B26).
Negative evaluation trial trenching to S of main earthworks (B30).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC17908 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/85. CUC RC8-HH-225 (501). SP\704095. Yes.
  • <22>SBC3296 Bibliographic reference: CROMARTY A 1996 FROM AP1.
  • <23>SBC16497 Graphic material: WENT D (ENGLISH HERITAGE) SUMMER 1997 SITE VISIT (SEE ANOTATED SKETCH & INTERPRETIVE PLANS, FILED).
  • <26>SBC19783 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 1984. NOTES ON SALVAGE EXCAVATION FOR PIPELINE, NOTLEY ABBEY.
  • <30>SBC22839 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2005. Proposed new conservation pond, Notley Abbey, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7136 0911 (200m by 170m)
Civil Parish LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13257)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14087)
  • Event - Intervention: Salvage recording (EBC16132)

Record last edited

Mar 18 2021 9:09PM

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