Monument record 0734900000 - Field to W of Chetwode Church

Cropmarks of boundary ditches noted on 2003 aerial photography, apparently defining 2 adjacent fields or closes to NW and W of moated site [CAS 00319]. Not shown as field boundaries on historic OS mapping; possibly related to priory/moats/village? (B1).

Network of interconnecting ditches, which are most likely to be post-medieval or even 20th century in origin, perhaps as irrigation or drainage ditches associated with the Wind Pump to the north-east. Appears to have been cut by later possible extractive pit. HER record suggests these cropmarks may be associated with the medieval Priory and moats to the south-east. Partially coincide with field boundaries on 1982 OS Plan (B2)

A possible former field boundary bank is visible on LiDAR as an extant linear earthwork. Not recorded on historic OS maps (B2)

A medieval double bank and ditched boundary is visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a large field opposite St Mary and St Nicholas’s church in Chetwode and centred at SP 63857 29864, the banks and ditches are bound and abutted to the W by blocks of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks. With School End (lane) forming the N and E sides, the banks and ditches border a large irregularly-shaped enclosure. The outer ditch is about 4 metres wide and extends SSW from School End at SP 63880 29993 for 160 metres before turning SE for another 140 metres, terminating at the moat opposite Priory House. An earthwork bank up to 6 metres wide flanks this ditch on its E side. Running parallel about 5 metres to the E of this bank and ditch is a second bank and ditch. From SP 63890 29984, a 1 metre wide ditch extends 140 metres SSW before turning SE for another 105 metres, flanked on its E side by a 4 metres wide earthwork bank. Another ditch branches off SW from the outermost ditch at SP 63861 29788 for 126 metres, curving slightly at its end and forming a second irregularly shaped enclosure. On aerial photographs taken in 1961, these earthwork features appear to have been levelled by post-war agricultural practices (3-7).