Monument record MBC45175 - Post-medieval extractive pit, Verney Junction.

A 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 adjacent Verney Junction and centred at SP 74181 27392, an irregularly-shaped extractive pit is about 6,996 square metres in area and cuts through a block of medieval ridge and cultivation earthworks. The extraction does not feature on historic OS map editions and therefore likely dates to the first half of the 19th century or earlier. Due to its very close proximity to the London and North Western Railway (Oxford & Bletchley Branch), possibly it is associated with the line’s construction. On remote sensing data taken in 2019, only part of the extractive pit is still evident and now features as a modern pond, much of the remainder having been filled-in and levelled (1-2).