Monument record MBC46700 - A subrectangular pit of uncertain date and function. Old Gymnasium.

A subrectangular pit of uncertain date and function is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and cropmarks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in fields about 470 metres S of the Old Gymnasium and centred at SP 86128 21670, the subrectangular pit is about 23 metres N-S and 13 metres W-E at its widest points, covering an area of about 286 square metres. It may be a post-medieval extractive pit. On aerial photographs taken in 2022, it is visible as a sharply defined cropmark, whilst on 2019-2021 dated remote sensing data, the same features are visible as a shallow but less well-defined earthwork (1-3).