Monument record 0010100000 - 780M SE OF HORNAGE FARM

Summary

Medieval moat seen in aerial photographs and recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval moat near Hornage Farm (DBC9083)

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOAT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
DITCHED ENCLOSURE VISIBLE ON APS, C.40M SQUARE, 78OM SE OF HORNAGE FARM (B1).
Field investigation in Sept 1972 by M E Farley confirmed EXISTENCE OF MOAT. WHOLE SITE INDISTINCT. RECTANGULAR OUTLINE SHOWN BY INFILLED DITCH C.0.5M DEEP, 2-3M WIDE, Moat 40m square, WITH DIFFERENTIAL VEGETATION GROWTH. NO INTERIOR BANKS OR OTHER FEATURES (B2 and B5).
OS SURVEY B3).



(SP 67771047) Small moat-like feature (B4)
Moat site listed SP 67751048 (B6).
A square water-filled moat with an entrance on the north side is shown at SP 67761046 on the OS 25" csl; it is 44.0m square and the ditches are 9.0m wide. This feature has now been almost completely infilled and is regularly under plough. Vestiges of the ditches were traceable in mowing grass at the time of field investigation. Clearly visible as a crop mark on 1974 OS Aps(b8). Sited on OS 6". (B7)

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

Sources (14)

  • ---SBC17405 Aerial Photograph: 10/02/92. BCM A15/31/16-17. SP\678104. Yes.
  • ---SBC18954 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF AIR MOSAIC. SP\673115.
  • ---SBC18963 Aerial Photograph: 29/04/57. RAF F21/58/2153. SP\673115.
  • ---SBC18966 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF RUN 40, 4086. SP\673115. Yes.
  • ---SBC19731 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 1999. 1999 oblique APs by Michael Farley. SP6710. No.
  • <1>SBC169 Aerial Photograph: AERIAL PHOTOS IN BCM AND BUCKS COLLECTION COUNTY L IBRARY;ALSO COLOUR SLIDE HELD BY MRS.J.STRONG..
  • <2>SBC5332 Bibliographic reference: FIELD VISIT:M.E.DAVIES AND M.E.FARLEY,19 SEPT.1972.
  • <3>SBC10552 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR.
  • <4>SBC28555 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1961. F43 58/RAF/4655 0005-6 30.8.61.
  • <5>SBC28556 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 0101.
  • <6>SBC25929 Article in serial: County Museum Archaeological Group. 1973. "Moated Sites in Buckinghamshire - A List", in Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 19, Part 3, 1973, pages 336-339.
  • <7>SBC28557 Verbal communication: M J Fletcher. 1976. Field Investigatores Comments - F1 MJF 09-JUN-76.
  • <8>SBC28558 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1974. OS aerial photo - 74/242 43 44 29.9.74.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6774 1047 (50m by 50m)
Civil Parish CHILTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13946)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2025 3:09PM

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