Monument record 0417205000 - FIELD SW OF MORETON FARM

Summary

Two oval depressions interpreted as former extraction pits of uncertain date recorded in field and geophysical survey

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  • None recorded

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  • EXTRACTIVE PIT? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Two oval depresssions 30-40m across and 1m deep identified during field survey carried out by Network Archaeology in July 2001 in advance of forestry planting. Depressions did not register as anomalies during subsequent geophysical survey. Interpreted as possible extraction pits or may be part of extension of southern moat for Moreton Manor (B5).

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  • <5>SBC19105 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2001. Proposed Forestry Planting, Ford, Aylesbury: Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Survey and Geophysical Survey.

Location

Grid reference SP 78645 09355 (point)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Field survey and geophysical survey of proposed forestry planting at Ford (EBC16196)

Record last edited

Mar 30 2009 2:11PM

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