Monument record 0108701000 - 'PITCH GREEN', STEWKLEY

Summary

Possible site of Civil War battlefield suggested by earthworks recorded in field survey and records of burials being found here.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Linear earthwork and associated burials, possibly a Civil War site (DBC8878)

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Type and Period (1)

  • BATTLEFIELD? (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 91m.
Plan Form - Linear.
CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD? REMAINS OF EMBANKMENT/ENTRENCHMENT C.300 FEET LONG. HUMAN SKULLS, OTHER BONES & WARLIKE IMPLEMENTS OCCASIONALLY FOUND (B1).
UNDATABLE EMBANKMENT, SOME 100 YARDS LONG; HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND - BATTLEFIELD (B2).
SITE AT 'PITCH GREEN' (B1); LOCATED AT NGR ON MAP, 1814 (B6).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p669.
  • <2>SBC529 Verbal communication: A R PIKE (BCM) PERS COMM, MARCH 1977.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8541 2715 (500m by 260m)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14190)
  • Event - Survey: Stewkley parish survey (EBC14372)

Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 1:31PM

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