Monument record MBC43486 - A post-medieval platform

Summary

A post-medieval platform is visible on remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

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Type and Period (1)

  • PLATFORM (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

A post-medieval platform is visible on 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 Dollar Farm and centred at SP 89506 26530, a D-shaped platform with its flat 52 metres long SW facing side is cut 38 metres into a slope within a field of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks (levelled). Its function is unclear (1).

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  • <1>XYSBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NE Environment Agency Composite DTM 1 Metre dated 2017-2019 SP8926. [Mapped feature: #46187 A post-medieval platform, ]

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Grid reference SP 8950 2653 (point)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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

Record last edited

Jan 12 2024 6:23PM

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