Monument record 0110105000 - WING PARK (ASCOTT HOUSE)

Summary

Small complex of 6 post-medieval pillow mounds, possibly rabbit warrens. These features 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).

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1018009: ASCOTT HOUSE: REMAINS OF 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY MANSION, FORMAL GARDENS AND WARREN
  • SHINE: Multi-period remains including site of medieval manor, associated designed garden & ponds, ridge and furrow, Civil War earthworks and WWI practice trenches

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • PILLOW MOUND (16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • RABBIT WARREN? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD)

Description

2 CIRCULAR & 3 OBLONG MOUNDS SEEN ON AP'S. CONEY BURROWS OR TREE RINGS? MAX HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES 0.2M; EACH BOUNDED BY SHALLOW DITCH. POST-DATE RIDGE & FURROW - CONTEMPORARY WITH EMPARKING OF WING PARK, C16? (B6).
4 LOW MOUNDS - PROB PILLOW MOUNDS, C12-C19 (B9).
NGR TO HOUSE SITE (B6).
6 PILLOW MOUNDS, FROM 0.3M TO 0.5M HIGH, SURROUNDED BY SHALLOW DITCHES SURVIVE. 2 ARE ROUGHLY CIRCULAR AND ABOUT 10M IN DIAMETER; THE OTHER 4 ARE SUB-RECTANGULAR AND AVERAGE 17M LONG, 8M WIDE. TRACES OF RELATED SMALL ENCLOSURES AND POSSIBLE SITE OF A WARRENER'S HOUSE IDENTIFIED. DETAILED DESCRIPTION (B16).

Six probable pillow mounds of post-medieval 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). Scattered across blocks of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks, suggesting a probable post-medieval date, the mounds are to the east of Park Gate (road) south of Wing village. Within 150 metres of each other are two circular mounds and a further three rectilinear mounds, each of which is encompassed by a boundary ditch. Centred at SP 88498 22334 is a slightly subcircular earthwork mound about 10 metres in diameter at its widest with a 1.5 metres wide boundary ditch: some 60 metres to the SE of this and centred at SP 88534 22288 is a kidney-shaped earthwork mound about 10.5 metres in diameter at its widest with a boundary ditch up to 1.6 metres wide: some 30 metres to the SW of this and centred at SP 88516 22265 is an oval earthwork mound about 15.5 metres NW-SE and 5 metres SW-NE at its widest with a boundary ditch up to 3 metres wide: some 62 metres to the SE of this and centred at SP 88543 22211 is a pill-shaped earthwork mound about 10 metres NW-SE and 21 metres SW-NE with a boundary ditch up to 2.5 metres wide: some 85 metres to the NE of this and centred at SP 88594 22279 is a pill-shaped earthwork mound about 6 metres NW-SE and 20 metres SW-NE with a boundary ditch up to 2 metres wide that extends around three quarters of the mound. On aerial photographs taken in 2019 and recent remote sensing data, all the pillow mounds to the east of the road survive as earthworks (17-21).

Sources (8)

  • <6>SBC10754 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 82 SE:13-15 (FILED).
  • <9>SBC12502 Unpublished document: M J Rains. 1982. EARTHWORKS IN WING PARK.
  • <16>SBC13935 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1999. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS, FEBRUARY 1999.
  • <17>SBC26839 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. US-7PH-GP-LOC157 FV 7013 25-JAN-1944.
  • <18>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. SP82SE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2020 SP8822.
  • <19>SBC26898 Digital archive: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2024. Ascott Old House & Wing Park: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire - The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research & Recording Project. Date Accessed 29-JUN-2024..
  • <20>SBC2387 Digital archive: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1993. A418 Wing Bypass Archaeological Assessment Stages 2, 3A and 4A. Date Accessed 1-JUL-2024..
  • <21>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 07-SEP-2015 SP8821-SP8821.

Location

Grid reference SP 88750 22490 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (6)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13234)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13279)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13479)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13836)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14177)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Sep 26 2024 6:40PM

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