Monument record 0109102000 - HOME GROUND,CUBLINGTON

Summary

Medieval village enclosure, possibly a bailey, recorded in field survey

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Type and Period (3)

  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BAILEY? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Traces of village enclosure. Ditch & bank still formidable at NW side. Distinct traces of the ring-fence remain about the village site. Cublinghton known to have been transferred to a new, unfenced site c.1400, when such stockades no longer needed (B4-5).
Scale & location suggest probably part of bailey (B12,B16).

A probable medieval bailey boundary ditch is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as an earthwork and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field about 390 metres WNW of manor Farm in Cublington and centred at SP 83293 22259, a curving ditch up to 7 metres wide extends SSW-NE for 109 metres. It is located about 105 metres W of a medieval motte mound. On aerial photographs taken in 2022 and recent remote sensing data, the earthwork ditch remains visible (17-21).

Sources (12)

  • ---SBC17792 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 82. SP\834221. Yes.
  • ---SBC17820 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 99-101. SP\834222. Yes.
  • ---SBC18981 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/45. (RAF)(BCM 247.45). SP\832221. Yes.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p338.
  • <5>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp397, 423, 543, 548, 551.
  • <12>SBC13937 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1998. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <16>SBC16495 Graphic material: WENT D (ENGLISH HERITAGE) SUMMER 1997 SITE VISIT (SEE 1:2500 SKETCH PLAN, FILED).
  • <17>SBC27055 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2139 RP 3319 03-JUN-1947.
  • <18>SBC27056 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2483 RS 3217 10-MAR-1948.
  • <19>SBC27057 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. OS-76043 V 219 29-APR-1976.
  • <20>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82SW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2021 SP8322.
  • <21>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 15-JUN-2022 SP8322.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8331 2225 (90m by 50m)
Civil Parish CUBLINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14087)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Jan 29 2025 10:16AM

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