Monument record 0250500000 - CHARNDON

Summary

Earthworks of house platforms, hollow-ways and paddocks from formerly larger village seen in field survey and on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Historic village core of Charndon (DBC9669)

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Width 400m, Length 550m.
Shrinkage visible on APs,extending length of village (B1).
Bounded by ridge & furrow. In W fields 2 holloways lead into small enclosures - former paddocks? 3 level platforms, hollows etc are evidence of shrinkage. In N, ground is divided by ditches, representing E edge of paddocks. Survey at 1:2500 (B2).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC17624 Aerial Photograph: 23/01/76. CSS 216. 3379. SP\670241. Yes.
  • <1>SBC12048 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). PIKE A R FROM BRITISH GAS A/P JAN 1976 & ST JOSEPH A/P - COPIES AT BCM.
  • <2>SBC10911 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1977. OS RECORD CARD SP62SE5, MARCH 1977, FILED.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 67092 24383 (492m by 767m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish CHARNDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC1420)

Record last edited

Nov 5 2024 9:28AM

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