Monument record MBC47251 - Trackways in Halton Wood, on Aston Hill, Aston Clinton

Summary

Trackways in Halton Wood, on Aston Hill, Aston Clinton

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • TRACKWAY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • ROAD (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Trackways of probable medieval and post medieval date are visible on historic aerial photographs or remote sensing data as extant earthworks and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located within woodland on Aston Hill, Aston Clinton, and centred at SP 88795 10092. Trackways, not shown on modern or historic mapping, running across the slopes of the Chilterns escarpment giving access to woodland and chalk pits within the same. These are clearest on lidar visualisations of the woodland area, which also includes a bike park with trails, closed at the time of writing due to Ash die-back, but possibly reusing or creating similar trackways as those mapped by the project as well as those which are clearly for cyclists being tightly twisting and banked up. (1-6)

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC26909 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/683 RP 3055 23-Aug-1945.
  • <2>SBC26903 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/717 RP 3014 26-Aug-1945.
  • <3>SBC26919 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1949. RAF/541/340 RP 3305 26-Jul-1949.
  • <4>SBC26969 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1949. RAF/541/340 RP 3303 26-Jul-1949.
  • <5>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP8909 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2020 date accessed 09-Mar-2023.
  • <6>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP8910 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2020 date accessed 09-Mar-2023.

Location

Grid reference SP 8879 1009 (point)
Civil Parish ASTON CLINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)

Record last edited

Sep 12 2025 1:03PM

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