Monument record MBC43498 - A semi-circular platform of uncertain date and function
Summary
A semi-circular platform of uncertain date and function is visible on 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 (3)
- PLATFORM (Unknown date)
- POUND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
Description
A semi-circular platform of uncertain date and function is visible on remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located against a field boundary within Hop Gardens woodland and centred at SP 88944 25716, the platform measures about 40 metres NW-SW along the field boundary and 21 metres SW-NE to the apex of the arc. The 1887 1st Edition OS map shows this feature to have been within a field at that time and remote sensing data suggest it abuts a block of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks (also now within woodland), so this may have been a stock enclosure or pound prior to the woodland’s formation (1-2).
Sources (2)
- <1>XYSBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. SP8825. [Mapped feature: #46199 A semi-circular platform of uncertain date and function, ]
- <2>SBC10076 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1:2500 scale Epoch 1 map, Bedfordshire 1887.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 8894 2571 (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 6:24PM
