Monument record 0076206000 - GRANGE FARM, QUAINTON

A field survey was undertaken in the grounds of Grange Farm, Shipton Lee. East of the fishponds were two low embankements linked to a roughly oval mound. These were originally thought to be remnants of ridge and furrow but the field name is warren, and so it is thought that these features are actually pillow mounds for breeding rabbits (B8).
Evaluation trial trenching carried out by John Moore Heritage Services in June 2007 included a trench (Trench 12) across one of the suggested pillow mounds. This was found to comprise a number of dumped layers, interpreted as spoil and demolition debris post-dating the late 17th or 18th century (B10).

Two possible medieval or post medieval pillow mounds are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field immediately adjacent Grange Farm and centred at SP 73583 20740, two linear earthwork mounds with rounded ends lie along the boundary of a block of ridge and furrow cultivation. The larger of the mounds is centred at SP 73567 20749, being about 49 x 8 metres aligned WNW-ENE. some 57 metres ESE and centred at SP 73611 20722 is about 22 x 6 metres aligned NW-SE. On aerial photographs taken in 2023 and recent remote sensing data, the earthworks remain visible (11-12).