Monument record MBC47796 - DRY WATERCOURSE E OF HULCOTT MOAT & FISHPONDS

A former watercourse that supplied medieval fishponds is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in fields about 380 metres ENE of Manor Farm and centred at SP 85788 16859, the earthwork levees of a sinuous (now dry) watercourse extend 675 metres from the surviving part of the watercourse in the SE at Hale Farm and emptying into the Thame in the NNW. The bed is now dry but presumably formerly provided the water to the extensive and adjacent medieval fishponds at Hulcott. On aerial photographs taken in 2023 and recent remote sensing data, the features remain visible (1-3).

A probable medieval moated site and associated ridge and furrow seen as earthworks to the north-east of Manor Farm at Hulcott. The moat is dry and appears attached to the dry course of a former stream or drain similar to a number seen to separate adjacent fields (4).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (5).