Monument record 0127100000 - WESTEND HILL, CHEDDINGTON

Summary

Probable medieval cultivation terraces surviving as earthworks.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval cultivation terrraces on Westend Hill (DBC8984)

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 350m, Width 65m.
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).



(Centred: SP 914170) Cultivation Terraces (NR) (B6).
Cultivation terraces, known locally as 'linces', survive to a height of 1.5-2.0m. They are heavily overgrown with scrub. Their isolated character suggest a medieval date (B7).
The terraces are extensive in area. They run from SP 9135 1689 to SP 9149 1719 and have a maximum platform working width of 12.0m. No adjacent habitation is evident other than the modern West End Farm. Published survey (25") correct (B8).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p657.
  • <2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p39.
  • <3>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 2 North. Volume 2. p84.
  • <4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p84.
  • <5>SBC11057 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1977. OS RECORD CARD SP91 NW3, JULY 1977, FILED.
  • <6>SBC27454 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. Ordnance Survey Map (6" /1960). Map.
  • <7>SBC29367 Unpublished document: P A Stevens. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 06-JUN-73.
  • <8>SBC28808 Verbal communication: F D Colquhoun. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F2 FDC 12-JUL-77.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

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

Mar 20 2026 12:13PM

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