Monument record 0236600000 - VILLAGE CENTRE

Summary

Aerial photographs and field survey show possible medieval ridge and furrow, house platforms and hollow-way

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  • Planning Notification Area: Ludgershall medieval village core (DBC9848)

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  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

A 'GREEN' VILLAGE WITH SOME RIDGE & FURROW ON GREEN. AT N END TRACK CROSSES POSSIBLE CLOSES WITH 2 HOUSE SITES OFF TRACKWAY, VISIBLE ON AP (B1).
PATH ACROSS GREEN SURVIVES AS SLIGHT HOLLOW WAY. 2-3 HOUSE PLATFORMS & SQUARE ENCLOSURE AT SP6622 1743 & OTHER INDISTINCT EARTHWORKS BY POND AT NE CORNER (B2) & NW (AP2, B3).
Late-medieval features identified by trial trench evaluation and detected as anomalies by geophysics survey (B4-6).

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC17622 Aerial Photograph: 23/01/76. CSS 215.3362. SP\661176. Yes.
  • ---SBC17912 Aerial Photograph: 12/03/96. CUC RG8-HI-112 (498). SP\658164. Yes.
  • <1>SBC1884 Unpublished document: BRITISH GAS A/P JAN 1976.
  • <2>SBC11978 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM APRIL 1977, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <3>SBC3297 Bibliographic reference: CROMARTY A 1996 FROM AP2..
  • <4>SBC25551 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 2021. Land at Westhaven and Green View, The Green, Ludgershall, Buckinghmshire: Geophysical Survey (magnetic).
  • <5>SBC25552 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 2021. Land at Westhaven and Green View, The Green, Ludgershall, Buckinghmshire: Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <6>SBC25962 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 2022. South Midlands Archaeology 52. Vol 52. p56.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6617 1755 (230m by 210m)
Civil Parish LUDGERSHALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13449)

Record last edited

Apr 18 2023 1:06PM

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