Monument record 0013100000 - BACK OF ROSE & CROWN INN

SMALL HOMESTEAD MOAT, PARTLY NATURAL (B1).
NOT A MOAT BUT AN ARTIFICIAL STREAM DIVERSION, NOW AN ORNAMENTAL GARDEN FEATURE (B2).
IN GARDEN OF MOAT COTTAGE, SMALL & UNDISTINGUISHED. STREAM RUNS ALONG 1 SIDE. GARDEN/ROCKERY ON ISLAND (B3).
DE-SCHEDULED (B4).
1972 ILLUSTRATED SALE CATALOGUE DESCRIBES GROUNDS OF MOAT COTTAGE AS FEATURING 'A MOATED ISLAND WITH A CENTRAL YEW, ROCK PLANTS, SHRUBS ETC, ACCESS TO WHICH IS GAINED BY A BRICK BUILT FOOTBRIDGE OVER A STREAM BOUNDING THE FORMAL GARDEN' (B5).

A possible fishpond or moated site of medieval/post medieval date is visible on remote sensing data as extant earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located on the north side of the London Road, east of Brook Street, Aston Clinton, and centred at SP 87649 12219. This is clearest on historic mapping where it is visible as a subrectangular water filled ditch on the course of the watercourse. It measures approximately 21x31m and is not clear on 1940s aerial photographs because of vegetation cover and shadows. It was mapped from lidar visualisations. Subrectangular fishponds have been recorded adjacent to or on watercourses within the same project area. (6-7)