Monument record MBC45320 - Linear features, along the watercourse, on the south side of the village of Thornborough
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
Description
Linear features of probable medieval date are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant earthworks and were mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located along the watercourse, to the east of Bridge Street, on the south side of the village of Thornborough, and centred at SP 74616 33354. Linear features creating subrectangular enclosures along a watercourse to the south of Thornborough, a road leading from Bridge Street is visible on Ordnance Surveyors’ Drawings and the Epoch 1 mapping and is on the southern side of these earthworks. Some of the linear features may be natural, along the edge of the alluvium deposit on the watercourse, but also forming a boundary along the edge of an area of ridge and furrow earthworks. (1-3)
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC26592 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/86 RV 6212 26-Mar-1946.
- <2>SBC26664 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1380 RP 3078 09-Apr-1946.
- <3>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP7433 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2017-2019 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.
Location
Grid reference | SP 7461 3335 (point) |
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Civil Parish | THORNBOROUGH, 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 7:48PM