Monument record 0032604000 - MORETON FARM headland bank

Summary

Earthwork interpretated as the surviving remains of a possible Saxon headland recorded in geophysical survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • PLOUGH HEADLAND? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

Raised linear feature noted during a geohysical survey in advance of forestation. The bank is 450m long, 0.8m wide and 0,3m high. From a third of the way along its surviving length, the bank is overlain by another linear feature some 550m long, 6-7m wide and 0.5m high (B13).

Sources (11)

  • ---SBC17261 Aerial Photograph: 01/07/75. BCM A1/3/1-2. SP\791098. Yes.
  • ---SBC17264 Aerial Photograph: 01/07/75. BCM A1/3/14A. SP\791099. Yes.
  • ---SBC17339 Aerial Photograph: 15/07/86. BCM A11/3/17. SP\792097. Yes.
  • ---SBC17895 Aerial Photograph: 27/04/54. CUC NY 60. SP\790098. Yes.
  • ---SBC17896 Aerial Photograph: 27/04/54. CUC NY 61. SP\791099. Yes.
  • ---SBC17913 Aerial Photograph: 08/04/56. CUC SG 88. SP\790095. Yes.
  • ---SBC17914 Aerial Photograph: 08/04/56. CUC SG 89. SP\791096. Yes.
  • ---SBC17915 Aerial Photograph: 08/04/56. CUC SG 90. SP\790094. Yes.
  • ---SBC18875 Aerial Photograph: 04/02/48. RAF 348.4078. SP\789098. Yes.
  • ---SBC18876 Aerial Photograph: 04/02/48. RAF 348.4079. SP\796099. Yes.
  • <13>SBC19105 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2001. Proposed Forestry Planting, Ford, Aylesbury: Archaeological Field Reconnaissance Survey and Geophysical Survey.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 78588 09122 (1m by 1m)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Jun 5 2022 6:16PM

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