Monument record 0127100000 - WESTEND HILL, CHEDDINGTON

Summary

Probable medieval cultivation terraces surviving as earthworks.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval cultivation terrraces on Westend Hill

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Type and Period (1)

  • CULTIVATION TERRACE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0350 m Width 0065
Plan Form - LINEAR
SLOPES & TERRACES: APPEAR ARTIFICIAL. CALLED THE LINCES & DENOTES THE BRITONS 'CHARIOT COURSES (B1). CULTIVATION TERRACES/LYNCHETS, NOT NECESSARILY AGRICULTURAL OR EVEN ARTIFICIAL (B2).
SERIES OF LYNCHETS (B3-4).
LYNCHETS OR MORE PROBABLY CULTIVATION TERRACES. HEIGHT 1.5-2M; MAX PLATFORM WIDTH 12M. NGRS (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC14268 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P657.
  • <2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p39.
  • <3>SBC13004 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P84.
  • <4>SBC11771 Bibliographic reference: PEVSNER N 1960 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P84.
  • <5>SBC11057 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1977. OS RECORD CARD SP91 NW3, JULY 1977, FILED.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9142 1704 (140m by 300m)
Civil Parish CHEDDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17388)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17389)

Record last edited

May 20 2022 1:25PM

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