Monument record 0072401000 - PARKFIELDS FARM

Summary

Possible medieval cemetery site indicated by large stone slabs in Nunnery Field, possibly covers for field drains.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • CEMETERY? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • FIELD DRAIN? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

STONE SLABS ON PART OF FARM LANDS CALLED 'THE NUNNERY' - POSSIBLE BURIAL STONES? (B1). FIELD VISIT & AP EVIDENCE DETECTED 2 DEEP, NARROW TRENCHES, PERHAPS PART OF FIELD DRAINAGE SYSTEM. WERE SLABS THE COVERS/LINING OF THESE TRENCHES? NGR TO CENTRE OF FIELD, NOW CALLED NUNNERY FIELD (B2).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC18726 Aerial Photograph: 01/04/47. RAF 107.4040. SP\663397. Yes.
  • <1>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <2>SBC516 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PIKE A R (BCM) APRIL 1977 FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference SP 66350 39720 (point)
Civil Parish BIDDLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13449)

Record last edited

Dec 10 2012 11:55AM

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