Monument record 0674400000 - SE of Elm Grove Farm, Twyford.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- SHINE: Medieval settlement earthworks comprising house platforms, and Twyford parish medieval ridge and furrow earthworks
Map
Type and Period (6)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
Description
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW EARTHWORKS OF CLOSES, HOUSE PLATFORMS AND LATER FIELD BOUNDARIES (B1).
Medieval village shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as fragmentary and scattered earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field south of Portway Road and centred at SP 66462 26187, a number of fragmentary parallel linear ditches are aligned WNW-ESE, the same alignment as the adjacent ridge and furrow cultivation blocks. The function of these is uncertain but are likely to be boundaries. Within these parallel ditches are two probable ponds, one subrectangular and centred at SP 66396 26134 and being 47 metres SSW-NNE and 24 metres WNW-ESE. Some 124 metres to the E is an ‘axehead’ shaped ditch or pond about 26 x 16 metres at its widest (2-3).
Sources (4)
- ---SBC19742 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley (BCM). 1997. 1997 oblique Aps by Mike Farley. SP66452647. Yes.
- <1>SBC20893 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1997. Mike Farley to Julia Wise February 1997.
- <2>SBC26307 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4163 12-Dec-1946.
- <3>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP62NE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6626.
Location
Grid reference | SP 6647 2606 (point) |
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Civil Parish | TWYFORD, 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
Nov 20 2023 6:49PM