Monument record MBC43479 - Boundary ditches, earthworks banks and a platform of medieval and/or post medieval date

Summary

Boundary ditches, earthworks banks and a platform of medieval and/or post medieval date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (4)

  • DRAINAGE DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Boundary ditches, earthworks banks and a platform of probable medieval and/or post medieval date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field adjacent the former Valley Farm and centred at SP 89557 25200, an irregularly shaped platform bounded on the N facing side by an extant field boundary is about 37 x 30 metres at its widest points. Extending about 270 metres south of this are a number of linear drainage ditches and linear earthwork banks. Two of the banks and one of the ditches overlie medieval ridge and furrow cultivation, suggesting a post medieval date. Two drainage ditches and an accompanying bank bounds the eastern edge of the same ridge and furrow block, suggesting contemporaneity (1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>XYSBC25613 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4280 12-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #46180 Boundary ditches, earthworks banks and a platform of probable medieval and/or post medieval date, ]
  • <2>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NE Environment Agency Composite DTM 1 Metre dated 2017-2019 SP8925.

Location

Grid reference SP 8955 2520 (point)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2024 6:22PM

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