Monument record 0110105000 - WING PARK (ASCOTT HOUSE)

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).




There are two small tumuli in Wing Park, one of which has apparently been opened (B24).
Two small ring ditches at SP 88502236 and SP 88552229 are unlikely to be tumuli as they overlie the rig and furrow. In the same field are anumber of enigmatic ditched enclosures, including a number of half-circles (B30 and B36).
On St Joseph APs and on the ground are two circular and three oblong mounds, 0.2m maximum height, each bounded by a shallow ditch. They can be seen to post-date rig and furrow, and are probably contemporarywith the imparking of Wing Park (SP 82 SE (M)) in the 16th century. Their purpose is uncertain; they could be tree rings, or coney burrows (B37).
No change to report of 24 7 73 (B38).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.