Monument record MBC44796 - A probable post-medieval extractive pit, The Hamlet, Hillesden.

Summary

A probable post-medieval extractive pit 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 (1)

  • EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

A probable post-medieval extractive pit 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 corner adjacent Lenborough Farm and centred at SP 68035 30382, an irregularly shaped extractive pit measures up to 117 metres wide SW-NE and up to 73 metres NW-SE and covers an area of about 5,247 square metres. The site is shown on the 1813 Ordnance Surveyor Drawing as being a rectangular enclosure within which is a building and through the SW corner of which a trackway runs. All of these features appear to have been demolished by 1881 as they are not recorded on the 1st Edition OS map (1-5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC26008 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-2008 RS 4019 16-APR-1947.
  • <2>SBC26031 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-543-1426 2F44 0350 28-AUG-1961.
  • <3>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63SE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6830.
  • <4>SBC25776 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25 inch (1:2500) scale map. Map. Buckinghamshire, 1881.
  • <5>SBC25625 Digital archive: BRITISH LIBRARY. 2022. Boyce. 1813. Ordnance Survey Drawing: Winslow OSD 231 No 11 (1:31680 scale). Date Accessed 14-APR-2022.

Location

Grid reference SP 6803 3038 (point)
Civil Parish HILLESDEN, 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 6:37PM

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