Monument record 0662500000 - Adjacent Hulcott moat
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (8)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
- PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- POND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- TERRACED GROUND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
Description
Small area of earthworks ?settlement in grass field between moat and church, crossed by footpath, also area of dark soil, extent not closely defined, much post-Med material but few sherds of Med in rough ploughed field to N of moat NGR SP 85411682 (B1).
Bierton and Hulcott Inclosure Award (1780) shows some buildings in field indicated W of the moat and N of the church (B2).
Medieval and/or post medieval village shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located In fields between Church Farm House and Church Farm in Hulcott village and centred at SP 85199 16837, the earthworks comprise a network of boundary ditches or trackways that form and enclose numerous rectilinear and subrectangular earthwork platforms and terraced ground. On aerial photographs taken in 2023 and recent remote sensing data, the earthworks remain visible (3-7).
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC19358 Verbal communication: Farley M. 1999. Pers Comm Farley M to Wise J.
- <2>SBC19357 Map: 1780. Bierton and Hulcott Inclosure Award 1780.
- <3>SBC27086 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-106G-UK-683 RS 4040 23-AUG-1945.
- <4>SBC27151 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-76043 V 055 29-APR-1976.
- <5>SBC27152 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-93598A V 155 17-OCT-1993.
- <6>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP81NE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2021 SP8516.
- <7>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 04-JUN-2023 SP8516.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 8536 1679 (140m by 179m) |
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Civil Parish | HULCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)
- Event - Survey: Field visit (EBC15879)
Record last edited
Feb 4 2025 12:51PM