Monument record MBC48608 - DITCHED ENCLOSURE CROPMARKS, EYTHROPE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (6)
- 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?)
- MACULA (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- PIT (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
Description
Probable Iron Age and/or Roman conjoined ditched enclosures are visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field about 790 metres NE of Eythrope and centred at SP 77863 14415, a rectilinear ditch up to 1.5 metres wide forms an enclosure about 14.5 metres N-S and 16 metres W-E. Conjoined to its southern boundary is a second rectilinear ditch about 16 metres N-S and 15 metres W-E. Centred some 23 metres S of this is a subcircular enclosure ditch up to 2 metres wide that encloses an internal area about 17 metres at its widest point. A curving ditch extends S for 30 metres and terminates in a large irregularly shaped macula cropmark. Three scattered pits around the enclosures may be associated (1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC28034 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. NMR 26962_015 -01-JUN-2011.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 7786 1441 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FLEET MARSTON, 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 7:41PM
