Monument record 0010600000 - BRILL

Summary

Bank and ditch earthwork complex, of uncertain date and function.

Protected Status/Designation

Ancient Monument BU143: Earthworks near Brill Church

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (2)

BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
DITCH (Unknown date)

Description

Dimensions - Length 120m, Height 2m.
Plan Form - Linear.
SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT. STRUCTURE C 50M N OF CHURCH BETWEEN NGR'S. VARIOUSLY DATED TO IRON AGE, SAXON, MEDIEVAL & CIVIL WAR PERIODS. IN 1972 120M OF BANK SURVIVED, UP TO 2M HIGH; PART OF DITCH WAS VISIBLE & HOLDING WATER (B6).
IN 1973 PART OF VISIBLE DITCH FILLED WITH MATERIAL FROM E END OF BANK (B7).
VISIT TO NEARBY GARDEN BY MICHAEL FARLEY ESTABLISHED A CLEAR SLOPE FROM HIGHER LAND FORMING MOST OF THE EAST OF THE GARDEN. LOOKS VERY PROBABLE THAT THIS WAS THE FORMER COURSE OF THE DITCH AND ALSO MATCHES THE CURVE OF THE HIGH STREET (B17).
Ground penetrating radar survey of 26 transverses on public access land in the centre carried out in April 2014 by Stratascan as part of a research project to locate the course and extent of the earthworks. See report for detail (B20).

Sources (20)

<1>SBC26951 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 1). Volume 1. p104.
<2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p471.
<3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p67.
<4>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p15.
<5>SBC858 Bibliographic reference: F W Bateson. 1966. BRILL, A SHORT HISTORY. pp11-12.
<6>SBC8474 Verbal communication: MEF, BATESON FW, DAVIES M 1972 (19 SEPT) PERS COMM.
<7>SBC8372 Unpublished document: Mike Farley. 1973. RODGER I & FARLEY M E 1973 (21 MAY) NOTES FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
<8>SBC8425 Verbal communication: MEF 1976(JULY) PERS COMM.
<9>SBC8423 Verbal communication: MEF 1976(AUG) PERS COMM.
<10>SBC8433 Verbal communication: MEF 1977(JULY) PERS COMM.
<11>SBC8438 Verbal communication: MEF 1977(SEPT) PERS COMM.
<12>SBC11296 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD, FILED.
<13>SBC13758 Verbal communication: RODGER I & MEF 1980(JULY) PERS COMM (MR I RODGER OF BRILL).
<14>SBC6532 Verbal communication: HURMAN BM 1980(FEB) PERS COMM.
<15>SBC6190 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1986. NOTIFICATION OF SCHEDULING.
<16>SBC4928 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1989. 'AN IRON AGE HILLFORT AT BRILL?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 31 PP27-32 & PL III-IV. Vol 31.
<17>SBC19792 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 26-May-1996. M FARLEYS NOTES ON SITE VISIT TO EARTHWORK, BRILL.
<18>SBC22579 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2005. An Archaeological Excavation at Brill Sports and Social Club, Church Street, Brill.
<19>SBC24302 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2012. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Brill Sports and Social Club, Church Street, Brill.
<20>SBC25375 Unpublished document: Stratascan. 2014. Geophysical Survey Report: Brill.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6559 1391 (122m by 29m)
Civil Parish	BRILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire