Monument record 0197420000 - MEADS FARM, OAKLEY

Summary

Possibly medieval or post-medieval moat marked on historic map and recorded in field survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
WATERFILLED MOAT ON MAP, 1820 (B1).
OS 6IN MAP & APS (1961) SHOW RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (C40X30M); APPEARED TO HAVE WIDE OUTER DITCH. AP'S & SITE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT BY 1974 THE FEATURES HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED (B3).
VERY INDISTINCT, BUT STILL TRACEABLE; EXTENSIVELY PLOUGHED/BULLDOZED (B2).


SP 65431069 Ploughed out moat site found adjacent to Meads Farm in April 1974. It shows on APs (not located) and is traceable on the ground; an extensive scatter of post medieval pottery being evident. Shown as a waterfilled moat on the Oakley enclosure map circa 1820 (B4-B5).

The tenant farmer of Meads Farm indicated the site of the moated feature at SP 65401069. The OS 6" (b7) and APs of 1961 (2) show a rectangular enclosure (approximately 40.0m by 30.0m) which appears to have a wide outer ditch (2). OS APs dated 1974 (b8) reveal that the features have been effaced; the area was under standing crop at the time of investigation. (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 (9)

  • <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>SBC28572 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 1974.
  • <5>SBC28540 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. F43 58/RAF/4655 0003-4 30.8.61.
  • <6>SBC28541 Verbal communication: M J Fletcher. 1976. Field Investigators Comments - F1 MJF 07-JUN-76.
  • <7>SBC27454 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. Ordnance Survey Map (6" /1960). Map.
  • <8>SBC28530 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1974. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photo - 74/242/47 29.9.74.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 65400 10690 (point)
Civil Parish OAKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13270)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13773)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14192)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14196)

Record last edited

Dec 5 2025 12:20PM

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