Monument record 0175001001 - HILLESDEN HAMLET

Summary

Medieval earthworks once thought to be moat but probably a hollow-way.

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  • None recorded

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  • (Former Type) MOAT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

EARTHWORKS, INTERPRETED IN 1923 AS PART OF A VERY LARGE MOATED SITE (B1).
FIELD VISIT IN 1976 REVEALED THAT EARTHWORKS WERE ACTUALLY OF A HOLLOW WAY (B3).

Sources (10)

  • ---SBC18299 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/56. NMR 82.143 F22/61. SP\680298.
  • ---SBC18355 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. NMR SF 1165 FR217-20. SP\680298. Yes.
  • ---SBC18861 Aerial Photograph: 26/03/46. RAF 337.6182. SP\680298. Yes. Yes.
  • <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SBC4786 Unpublished document: 1976.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>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p275.

Location

Grid reference SP 6765 3010 (point)
Civil Parish HILLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC11923)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13987)

Record last edited

Oct 17 2024 10:35PM

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