Monument record MBC47792 - Square ditched enclosure, Broadmead Farm.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- SQUARE 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?)
- DITCH (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
Description
An Iron Age and/or Roman square ditched enclosure is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field about 390 metres N of Broadmead Farm and centred at SP 89248 18278, a ditch that varies between 4 and 8.5 metres wide forms an enclosure about 48 metres square, aligned WSW-ENE and NNW-SSE. Centred some 37 metres to the WSW of the enclosure’s WSW facing side is a linear ditch about 23.5 x 3 metres, its long side aligned NNW-SSE that may be associated with the enclosure. The enclosure is visible as an ephemeral cropmark on available aerial photographs taken in 1976 and 1993, as well as more recently in 2021 (1-3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC27149 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-76043 V 112 29-APR-1976.
- <2>SBC27150 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-93598B V 184 17-OCT-1993.
- <3>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. Dated 21-JUN-2021.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 8924 1827 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MENTMORE, 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 6:56PM
