Monument record 0197410000 - MEADS FARM, OAKLEY

Summary

Possible Iron Age site recorded in 1949, not visible on aerial photographs or in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • SETTLEMENT? (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

IRON AGE HABITATION SITE SHOWN ON ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM 6IN MAP, USING INFORMATION FROM AN ANONYMOUS RECORD, 17/2/49. NOT VISIBLE ON APS, & FIELD UNDER STANDING CROP AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION. NGR TO HABITATION SITE (B3).


(SP 65461072) Iron Age habitation site symbol shown on museum 6" sheet but no reference available (B3-B4).

The area is regularly ploughed and was under standing crop at the time of field investigation. Nothing visible on Aps (B5) (b6).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC4615 Map: Richard Raine. 1820-1821. INCLOSURE MAP OF OAKLEY.
  • <2>SBC2142 Verbal communication: BULL EJ 1974 PERS COMM.
  • <3>SBC640 Map: ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM 6IN MAP SHEET, FROM ANON RECORD, 17/2/1949. INFORMATION FROM OS, JAN 1977. (OS RECO.
  • <4>SBC28540 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. F43 58/RAF/4655 0003-4 30.8.61.
  • <5>SBC28541 Verbal communication: M J Fletcher. 1976. Field Investigators Comments - F1 MJF 07-JUN-76.
  • <6>SBC28530 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1974. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photo - 74/242/47 29.9.74.
  • <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 65460 10720 (point)
Civil Parish OAKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14161)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14196)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2025 12:10PM

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