Monument record 0621600000 - WARREN FARM, LITTLE HORWOOD

Summary

Enclosures and a possible trackway recorded on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmark enclosures and possible trackway

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
  • TRACKWAY? (Unknown date)

Description

Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR
2 PROBABLE ABBUTING ENCLOSURES AND OTHER POSSIBLE ENCLOSURE IN SAME FIELD. ALSO POSSIBLE LINEAR ?TRACKWAY FEATURE (B1).
Negative watching brief carried out by AS&C in January/February 2008 during groundworks for manege (groundworks confined to topsoil) (B2).

A sub circular enclosure of late prehistoric date is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located 300m west of Warren Farm, Little Horwood, and centred at SP 78996 32049. The enclosure is approximate 40x39m and has a flattened side on the south east. There is no sign of the trackway feature on any of the photographs or lidar visualisations available to the project. There is a natural feature to the north, a linear deposit of alluvium, visible on geology mapping and also as lodged crops on aerial photographs. Other geological features were visible on aerial photographs. (8)

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC15004 Verbal communication: Mike Farley to Julia Wise Information from AP by Mike Farley.
  • <2>SBC23155 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2008. Watching Brief: Warren Court Farm, Little Horwood.
  • <3>SBC19277 Map: 1844. Whaddon Chase and Other Lands.
  • <4>SBC19017 Aerial Photograph: 1994. Aerial Photo A22/29/15. SP7932.
  • <5>SBC17473 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/94. BCM A22/29/14. SP79063199. Yes.
  • <6>SBC21022 Aerial Photograph: BCM (Michael Farley). 1994. 1994 BCM (Michael Farley) Oblique AP. SP79143203. Yes.
  • <7>SBC16520 Map: 1844. WHADDON CHASE INCLOSURE MAP.
  • <8>SBC25655 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2018. Google Earth aerial photograph dated 2018. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM Dec-2003 date accessed 17-Nov-2022.

Location

Grid reference SP 79105 31970 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11108)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: LHW 999) (EBC17106)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2023 8:04PM

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