Monument record 0249100000 - PITSTONE

Summary

Earthworks and finds suggest village was larger in the medieval and post-medieval periods

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Remains of shrunken Medieval village at Pitstone

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

System of earthwork house platforms & hollow ways visible on APs (B5).
Medieval pottery collected from field (B6).
Roman, Saxon, Medieval & post-medieval pottery and jettons collected from field. Area surveyed & planned; finds plotted; manor house site shown (B7,B9).
Discussion of evidence: very likely there was a Medieval village by the church (B10).
Negative evaluation report (B11-12).

Sources (13)

  • ---SBC17433 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. BCM A2/26/25A. SP\943151. Yes.
  • <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p433.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p726.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp406, 407-409.
  • <4>SBC2157 Map: BULL EJ INFO FROM MAPS IN BRO (EG MA/166/2R, 1810).
  • <5>SBC233 Aerial Photograph: AIR PHOTOS; RAF 1946 183.3055; 187.4084 (AT BCM); ALSO AP'S IN GENERAL COLLECTION.
  • <6>SBC8362 Verbal communication: MEF & HINKMAN B 1976 PERS COMM.
  • <7>SBC2146 Bibliographic reference: BULL EJ 1977 PLANS TEXT &C ON CAS FILE.
  • <8>SBC8361 Verbal communication: MEF & HAWKINS J 1979(DEC) PERS COMM (IE, MR JEFF H AWKINS OF PITSTONE GREEN FARM).
  • <9>SBC2150 Article in serial: Ted Bull. 1978. 'A MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT AREA ADJACENT TO PITSTONE CHURCH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 PP646-655. Vol 20. pp646-655.
  • <10>SBC4419 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP105-110 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).
  • <11>SBC25579 Unpublished document: KDK Archaeology Ltd. 2021. Archaeological Evaluation Report: Land at 140 Vicarage Road, Pitstone.
  • <12>SBC25962 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 2022. South Midlands Archaeology 52. Vol 52. p48.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9424 1497 (290m by 260m)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11700)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13246)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)
  • Event - Survey: Earthwork survey (EBC1170)
  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching at 140 Vicarage Road (Ref: 647/PVR) (EBC18413)

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 1:36PM

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