Monument record 0011001000 - 70 YDS N OF OVING CHURCH

Summary

Earthwork remains interpreted as possible Civil War gun battery.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • BATTERY? (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0025 m
SITUATED IN COMMANDING POSITION ABOVE STEEP NATURAL SLOPES TO W. MOST PROB CIVIL WAR HALF MOON BATTERY FORMING DEFENCE OF ADJ CHURCH AGAINST MAIN N-S LINE OF MARCH. RAMPART HAS MAX HEIGHT OF 1.7M ABOVE INTERIOR & MAX WIDTH OF 18M TO RAMPART TOP. CANNON WOULD BE FED VIA HOLLOW WAY TO W (B6).

Sources (2)

  • ---SBC17364 Aerial Photograph: 13/08/90. BCM A14/15/12-13. SP\783214. Yes.
  • <6>SBC11324 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1977. OS RECORD CARD, JULY 1977.

Location

Grid reference SP 7821 2146 (point)
Civil Parish OVING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC15881)

Record last edited

May 20 2013 1:56PM

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