Monument record 0243504000 - PARK & BRADENHAM WOODS

Summary

Two post-medieval to modern linear earthworks, possibly field boundaries

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • FIELD BOUNDARY? (Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1945 AD?)
  • LINEAR EARTHWORK (BOUNDARY BANK & DITCH, Post-Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
A) LOW BANK, 1M WIDE X 0.3M HIGH WITH SHALLOW 1M WIDE DITCH ON NE SIDE. RUNS FROM POND NW, TURNING W AT LOWER END TO MEET BANK B), A LARGE 8M WIDE RIDGE 1M HIGH RUNNING E-W. BOTH FEATURES CORRESPOND WITH FIELD/WOODLAND ENCLOSURE BOUNDARIES ON 1807 SAUNDERTON INCLOSURE AWARD MAP (B7).

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC22843 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2006. Bradenham Woods Historic Landscape Survey.
  • <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SBC6168 Unpublished document: HATHERLEY J MEDIEVAL PARKS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (TYPESCRIPT COPY AT BCM).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SBC8255 Unpublished document: W L Matthews & Angus Wainwright. 1990.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.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8233 9835 (280m by 120m)
Civil Parish BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Bradenham Woods Historic Landscape Survey (EBC16772)

Record last edited

Jul 20 1992 12:00AM

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