Monument record 0177200000 - S OF AKEMAN STREET

Summary

Site of possible Civil War earthworks, now built over.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • ENCLOSURE (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)
  • SIEGEWORK? (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
CROPMARK OF ENCLOSURE WITH APPARENT ENTRANCE ON NW, SIMILAR TO CIVIL WAR REDOUBT AT HAWTON, NOTTS, IN THE NEWARK SEIGE-WORK COMPLEX. BY 1948 THE SITE WAS COVERED WITH WASTE FROM ADJOINING FACTORY. COMPARATIVE ISOLATION FROM CENTRE OF POPULATION SUPPORTS IDEA THAT WAS A CIVIL WAR REDOUBT (B1).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC18731 Aerial Photograph: 16/04/47. RAF 111.3083. SP\798150. Yes.
  • <1>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <2>SBC2305 Bibliographic reference: CAMDEN SOCIETY MISCELLANY 12 (THIRD SERIES) VOL 18 1910.

Location

Grid reference SP 80020 14610 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 1 2004 4:32PM

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