Monument record MBC45124 - Linear feature south of an area of Shrunken Settlement near Willow Wood Barn (formerly Lower Farm), Leckhampstead
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
Description
A linear feature of probable medieval date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant levelled earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located near Willow Wood Barn (formerly Lower Farm), Leckhampstead, and centred at SP 73941 37087. Linear feature, probably a former trackway or ditch, between two areas of ridge and furrow, to the south of an area of shrunken settlement in an area where concentrations of medieval pottery were found as part of fieldwalking for the Whittlewood Project. (1-5)
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC26377 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1792 RS 4177 11-Oct-1946.
- <2>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP7337 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2017-2019 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.
- <3>SBC26438 Digital archive: Jones, Richard. 2003. Whittlewood Project: Fieldwalking.
- <4>SBC26454 Digital archive: Jones, Richard. 2003. Whittlewood Project: Report on Test Pits in and around Leckhampstead village: June-August 2002.
- <5>SBC26404 Bibliographic reference: Jones, Richard. 2004. Signatures in the Soil: The Use of Pottery in Manure Scatters in the Identification of Medieval Farming Regimes in The Archaological Journal. Vol 161 Issue 1 pp159-188.
Location
Grid reference | SP 7394 3708 (point) |
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Civil Parish | LECKHAMPSTEAD, 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 7:41PM