Monument record 0095401000 - E OF LITTLE KIMBLE CHURCH

Summary

Motte and bailey castle near Little Kimble Church identified in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1018007: MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE, MOATED SITE AND ROMAN VILLA IMMEDIATELY EAST OF ALL SAINT'S CHURCH
  • Planning Notification Area: Site of Roman villa, earthworks of Medieval motte and bailey castle and manorial moat at Little Kimble

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 2000cm, Height 450cm.
Plan Form - Subrectangular.
Flat topped mound. Summit 20m across. 1m below summit mound extends 20m SE. Enclosing ditch opens on to low-lying marshy ground to E of motte. Appears to have been altered (B1,B3-4).
Possible reference in charter of c.1250 granting Missenden Abbey land between castle & Walter de Mersa's land (B7).
Survey (B10).
Scheduled (B11).
Included in English Heritage's Monuments at Risk Register in 2011, 2015-2024. Condition described as 'Generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems', the principal vulnerability was from extensive stock erosion, with the trend described as declining. In 2017 the trend was described as stable; in 2019 the pricipal vulnerability to the dam earthwork was described as 'collapse', with the trend described as 'improving'. In 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 the trend was described as 'declining'. In 2024 assessed as priority category B: Action/strategy agreed but not yet implemented (B12-22).

Sources (17)

  • <1>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp413, 476, Fig 164.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p167.
  • <4>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <7>SBC6780 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS J G 1946 CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY PTII IN BUCKSRECORDSOC10P167CHARTER529"/COMMENTBYARPIK.
  • <10>SBC5623 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1996. A REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE EARTHWORKS AT LITTLE KIMBLE.
  • <11>SBC14032 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1998. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <12>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p25.
  • <13>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <14>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p8.
  • <15>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <16>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
  • <17>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019. p133.
  • <18>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <19>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <20>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <21>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.
  • <21>SBC26954 Digital archive: Historic England. 2024. Heritage at Risk Register 2024.

Location

Grid reference SP 82770 06390 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14168)
  • Event - Survey: Earthwork survey (Ref: LIK 96) (EBC14396)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 3:08PM

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