Monument record 0177200000 - S OF AKEMAN STREET

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. In plan this earthwork appears to have been almost identical with the so-called homestead moat at Vatche's Farm (SP 81 SE 7), even to the position of the entrance which, in both cases is on the side furthest from Aylesbury. Both works stand in a similar relationship to Akeman Street, one to the NW and one to the SE of the town and yet they are clearly not Roman. COMPARATIVE ISOLATION FROM CENTRE OF POPULATION SUPPORTS IDEA THAT WAS A CIVIL WAR REDOUBT. The indicated area is now situated within the town of Aylesbury and has been built upon. (B1).



A possible Roman Homestead indicated by a crop mark on an unspecified AP at SP 80131455 (B3) is probably the rectangular enclosure, with an apparent entrance on the NW, visible in 1947 at SP 80021461 (B4). Similar to a Civil War Redoubt at Hawton, Notts, in the Newark siegework complex (B5). By 1948 the site was covered with waste from an adjoining factory (B6).

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