Monument record 0158501000 - AROUND 'DINTON HERMIT' PUB

Summary

Medieval hollow-ways and field boundary ditches visible as earthworks.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (4)

  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • EXTRACTIVE PIT? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

IN FIELD CENTRED AT SP 779 0930 IS A COMPLEX OF HOLLOW WAYS & DITCHES, SOME AT LEAST REPRESENTING FORMER SMALL FIELD BOUNDARIES: OTHER EARTHWORKS IN THIS FIELD ARE PROBABLY THE RESULT OF QUARRYING. THE FIELD IMMEDIATELY NW OF THE DINTON HERMIT PUBLIC_HOUSE HAS AGAIN BEEN MUCH DISTURBED BY QUARRYING, PRESUMABLY FOR LIMESTONE FROM WHICH MOST OF THE OLDER HOUSES IN THE HAMLET ARE BUILT (B2).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC18868 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 34.3069. SP\778102. Yes.
  • <1>SBC167 Aerial Photograph: 1946. AERIAL PHOTO:RAF DEC 1946 (RUN 34 PRINT 3069).
  • <2>SBC7226 Verbal communication: George Lamb & Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. LAMB G C & PIKE A R (BCM), 15 DEC 1977, PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7787 0937 (547m by 440m)
Civil Parish ASTON SANDFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17211)

Record last edited

May 26 2020 3:10PM

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