Monument record MBC45199 - Iron Age or Roman rectangular ditched enclosure, Skew Bridge.

Summary

A partial rectangular ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (4)

  • RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • PIT (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • MACULA (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)

Description

A partial rectangular ditched enclosure of probable Iron Age or Roman date is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field adjacent the railway about 280 metres SE of Skew Bridge Villa and centred at SP 87528 31093, three sides of a probable rectilinear ditch 1.5 - 3 metres wide has only 2 full sides visible as it is bisected by a WSW-EN aligned field boundary. The NW facing side is 57 metres SW-NE, the NE facing side is 57 metres NW-SE, the SW facing side is partial, being only 16 metres NW-SE, as is the SE facing side at 12 metres SW-NE, both being truncated by the field boundary. No evidence of the remaining parts of the enclosure are visible south of the field boundary on any of the available aerial photographs. Within the enclosure and to the north are scattered variously sized pits or macula that may be contemporaneous (1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC26526 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. NMR 27168_027 15-JUL-2011.

Location

Grid reference SP 8752 3109 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE HAMMOND, 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

Aug 27 2024 10:05AM

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