Monument record 0243501000 - PARK WOOD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval park boundary and Roman iron-smelting site
Map
Type and Period (3)
- BANK (EARTHWORK)? (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
- (Alternate Type) PARK PALE? (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
Description
Plan Form - SUBCIRCULAR
EARTHWORKS PERHAPS MARKING PARK BOUNDARY (B4). BANK & INTERNAL DITCH RUNS FROM POND IN PARK WOOD (SU82489828) W TO JOIN FIELD EDGE AT W END OF WOOD. TO E OF POND FAINT DITCH AT CROOKED BEAMAN FIRS TO RAF BASE. 'RE-ENTRANT' AT POND IS ODD (B5). EXTENSION: BANK & DITCH FROM SU83619810 TO MANOR PLOTTED (B6-7).
Previous reserachers (B6) have suggested this is the course of the park pale defining part of the 16th century deer park created by the 1st Lord Windsor. Ditch measures 2.7m in width and with the bank has an overall width of 4m. The bank is on the outside edge of the ditch. It is cut by a pond (which must therefore be later) and continues in a north-easterly direction. Its south end is truncated by a modern holloway. Early maps show a complete oval outline for the park pale, and so was probably continuous (B8).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC14531 Bibliographic reference: SHIRLEY E P 1867 ENGLISH DEER PARKS P129.
- <2>SBC8160 Map: MAPS BY SAXTON, 1574; SPEED, 1610 & BLAEU & BLOME , C17..
- <3>SBC7315 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRE D OF DESBOROUGH P67.
- <4>SBC6168 Unpublished document: HATHERLEY J MEDIEVAL PARKS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (TYPESCRIPT COPY AT BCM).
- <5>SBC3326 Bibliographic reference: D BARKER & M E FARLEY DEC 1976 FIELD VISIT (SEE CA S CARD 2435).
- <6>SBC3174 Article in serial: COOKSON A 1979 A MEDIAEVAL HOMESTEAD AT PARK WOOD, BRADENHAM,BUCKS IN RECSOFBUCKS21PP98-115"".
- <7>SBC8255 Unpublished document: W L Matthews & Angus Wainwright. 1990. THE NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BRADENHAM.
- <8>SBC22843 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2006. Bradenham Woods Historic Landscape Survey. p4-5.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 8283 9800 (1280m by 1270m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Bradenham Woods Historic Landscape Survey (EBC16772)
Record last edited
Jul 15 2021 11:50AM
