Monument record 0175000000 - HILLESDEN HAMLET

Summary

Medieval village earthworks and ridge and furrow seen in field survey and recorded in excavation. Medieval village shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

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Type and Period (6)

SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
MOAT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
SCARP (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

HILLESDEN VILLAGE WAS ONCE IN 3 PARTS - CHURCH END, THE BARRACKS, & LOWER END (B7).
PRESENT HAMLET PRESUMABLY LOWER END - NGR TO CENTRE (B3-4).
NEARBY ARE VILLAGE EARTHWORKS & RIDGE & FURROW PLOUGHING (MAPS, FILED). BRIEF EXCAVATION CARRIED OUT AHEAD OF PLOUGHING/ BULLDOZING; WAS INCONCLUSIVE (B5).

Medieval village shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in fields S and E of The Hamlet, Hillesden and centred at SP 67755 30109, a sinuous hollow way up to 9.5 metres wide extends W to SE about 280 metres and borders a block of ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks. Converging with it from the N is a second hollow way up to metres wide and 135 metres long. Some 144 metres to the E is a possible moat, a trapezoidal ditch between 4 and 7 metres wide enclosing a trapezoidal platform about 35 metres NW-SE and 30 metres SW-NE at its widest point. Two linear ditches extend SE up to 180 metres from the S and E facing corners of the moat. All of the features to the E of The Hamlet that were visible as earthworks in the late 1940s have since been plough levelled and are only visible as cropmarks (11-14).

Sources (14)

<1>SBC4524 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS P35. ALSO; CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES - REPORT OF EARTHWORKS COMMITT.
<2>SBC236 Aerial Photograph: AIR PHOTOS; ST JOSEPH AAV 40, AGV 55 (COPIES AT BCM); NMR SF 1165 FR 201, 205, 221; 82/1463 F22/61 (.
<3>SBC4786 Unpublished document: 1976. FARLEY M E & PIKE A R (BCM) NOV & DEC 1976 FIELD VISIT (WITH MR G A KING).
<4>SBC4784 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E & PIKE A R (BCM) JULY 1977 PERS COMM.
<5>SBC4804 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E (BCM) & BULL E J 1977 PERS COMM.
<6>SBC3471 Verbal communication: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. DENISE ALLEN 1979 (JAN) PERS COMM.
<7>SBC14172 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P275.
<8>SBC18299 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/56. NMR 82.143 F22/61. SP\680298.
<9>SBC18355 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. NMR SF 1165 FR217-20. SP\680298. Yes.
<10>SBC18861 Aerial Photograph: 26/03/46. RAF 337.6182. SP\680298. Yes. Yes.
<11>SBC26008 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-2008 RS 4019 16-APR-1947.
<12>SBC26047 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-543-1426 2F44 0352 28-AUG-1961.
<13>SBC26048 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. NMR 23040-01 17-APR-2003.
<14>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63SE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6730.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6765 3007 (374m by 322m)
Civil Parish	HILLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

Event - Intervention: (EBC11172)
Event - Survey: (EBC11923)
Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2023 4:06PM