Monument record 0658800000 - 100m north of Soulbury Church
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (8)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Undated)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
Description
Area of earthworks, one certain house platform. Needs further field check. Currently crossed by a footpath (B1).
An extensive system of medieval ditches forming field and settlement enclosures, platforms, sinuous hollow ways and trackways that are visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and were mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in fields east of Soulbury village between Wellmead Farm and Manor Farm and centred at SP 88425 27293, the earthworks extend across an area about 475 metres N-S and 310 metres W-E. The connected system of boundary ditches form a series of small rectilinear enclosures, visible within some of which are ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks. The enclosures closest to the extant village edge have no ridge and furrow and at least four have earthwork platforms or linear banks within them that suggest possible areas of former settlement. Aerial photographs taken in 2019 suggest that the earthworks remain extant at that time (2-4).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC19563 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 2000. Farley M July 2000 field visit notes.
- <2>SBC25591 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4189 12-DEC-1946.
- <3>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NE Environment Agency Composite DTM 1 Metre dated 2017-2019 SP8927.
- <4>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. SP8927.
Location
Grid reference | SP 8830 2720 (point) |
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Civil Parish | SOULBURY, 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
Apr 21 2022 3:15PM