Monument record 0251500000 - PARK WOOD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument BU137: Earthworks in Park Wood (DBC7203)
Map
Type and Period (5)
- FARMSTEAD (13th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- HOUSE (13th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (13th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- PARK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0950 cm Width 0500
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
EARTHWORKS FOUND IN PARK WOOD FOUND BY D BARKER, 1976. SLIGHT TERRACE BUILT INTO HILLSIDE WITH BUILT UP PLATFORM WITH SUNKEN CENTRE, PROBABLY COLLAPSED FLINT BUILDING. ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES, INTERPRETED AS OUTHOUSE, WELL & DOVECOT? FINDS SUGGEST C13-C14. FARMSTEAD OR KEEPERS LODGE? (B1-6). SURVEY (B3).
The focus of the site is a rectangular mound of flints measuring 17m long by 11m wide. It has a central depression with the flints mounded round the outer edge, corresponding with the outline of a collapsed building. The smaller mound to the south, once interpreted as a dovecote, is now thought to be a flint waste dump. Surrounding features may be unconnected. There is a platform of some kind, quarries, sawpits and charcoal platforms (B10).
Trench excavated through mound in the NE corner. 3 sherds of medieval pottery, and 11 fragments of handmade rooftile were recovered (B11).
Iron slag fragments reported by John Morris in 2007 (B12).
(Sited at SU 826981 from plan) Earthworks recently surveyed in Park Wood consisting of a well-defined rectangular building, two smaller mounds and other linear features. There
is a dense scatter of medieval tile and 13th/14th century pottery. Site lightly planted with beeches. (B5)
SU 8265 9815. Medieval homestead site with 13th/14th century pottery etc. and a possible park in the vicinity. Full report (B4). Additional reference (B13)
NRHE update 2011 (B14).
Sources (14)
- <1>SBC9275 Graphic material: MR D BARKER & M E FARLEY OCT 1976 (SKETCH PLAN FIL ED).
- <2>SBC9274 Bibliographic reference: MR D BARKER & M E FARLEY DEC 1976 FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC434 Graphic material: ANNE COOKSON JAN 1980 SURVEY, PLAN & DESCRIPTION (F ILED & HUNG).
- <4>SBC3175 Article in serial: Anne Cookson. 1979. 'A MEDIEVAL HOMESTEAD AT PARK WOOD, BRADENHAM, BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 21 PP98-115. Vol 21.
- <5>SBC13977 Scheduling record: DoE. 1980. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS: SAM NO 137 (BUCKS).
- <6>SBC11144 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 89 NW 13 (JAN 1982, FILED).
- <7>SBC9277 Bibliographic reference: MR D BARKER & M E FARLEY, MAY 1977, MARCH 1978 & J UNE 1979.
- <8>SBC9276 Graphic material: MR D BARKER & M E FARLEY OCT 1979 (SKETCH LOCATION PLAN & SLIDES OF FINDS FILED).
- <9>SBC8254 Unpublished document: WL Matthews & Angus Wainwright. 1990. NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BRADENHAM.
- <10>SBC22843 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2006. Bradenham Woods Historic Landscape Survey. p6-7.
- <11>SBC25097 Unpublished document: Gary Marshall. 2018. Report describing the excavation of an evaluation trench at the Medieval Homestead in Park Wood, Bradenham.
- <12>SBC25143 Unpublished document: John Morris, Chiltern Woodlands Project. 2007. Iron Working sites/iron slag finds.
- <13>SBC27564 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1978. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 20. Volume 20. p448.
- <14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 82650 98150 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRADENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Bradenham Woods Historic Landscape Survey (EBC16772)
- Event - Interpretation: Trial trench evaluation dug across features in Park Wood, Bradenham (Ref: ENA8970) (EBC18081)
Record last edited
Aug 18 2025 3:36PM
