Monument record 0253201000 - Subcircular cropmark NW of Church End

Summary

Subcircular enclosure of probable Iron Age date recorded on aerial photograph

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0031 m
Plan Form - SUBCIRCULAR
A subcircular 1A cropmark situated on an isolated rise. It shows as a ploughed-out ditch with possible trace of bank and and entrance on the south side. No surface finds were made as the area was under crops (3). Attempts to fieldwalk ad carry out magnetomerd survey over cropmark were unsuccessful. Site remains conjectural (4)


(SP 9426 1531) Circular crop mark (B6).
A sub-circular, possibly IA crop mark situated on an isolated rise in ground NW of Church End. It shows as a ploughed-out ditch c 62.0m in diameter with possible trace of a bank and entrance on the south side. No surface finds were made as the area was under crop. Sited on OS 6" only (B7).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (10)

  • ---SBC17433 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. BCM A2/26/25A. SP\943151. Yes.
  • ---SBC19874 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 1999. Oblique aerial photograph (504.14) taken on 17 July 1999. SP94171543. Yes.
  • <1>SBC6393 Verbal communication: HICKMAN B &MEF 1976(NOV) PERS COMM.
  • <2>SBC6394 Verbal communication: HICKMAN B 1979(AUG) PERS COMM.
  • <3>SBC11053 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP91 NW 18,OCT 1970.
  • <4>SBC4426 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP50-52 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).
  • <5>SBC6392 Bibliographic reference: HICKMAN B & FARLEY M E MARCH 1992.
  • <6>SBC18915 Aerial Photograph: 05/08/61. RAF 58/4655/0034-5. SP\943153.
  • <7>SBC29367 Unpublished document: P A Stevens. 1973. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 06-JUN-73.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 94260 15310 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11924)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14160)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Mar 20 2026 4:03PM

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