Monument record 0254001000 - OLDWICK

Summary

Possible medieval moat visible in aerial photos and marked on nineteenth century map as site of Oldwick House

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Type and Period (3)

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

PROBABLE MOATED SITE VISIBLE ON AP'S. C19 OS MAPS MARK 'OLDWICK HOUSE' (NOW GONE) NEARBY SO SITE PROBABLY THAT OF OLDWICK MANOR (SEE 00:000). IN AREA OF MOAT A SLIGHT MOUND & LINE OF DARKER SOIL (DITCH?) TO N & E IS VISIBLE (B3-4).

A subrectangular medieval moat is visible on historic aerial photographs as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field about 360 metres NW of Den farm and centred at SP64581 38838, a subrectangular ditch that varies between 3.5 and 5.5. metres wide, with the SE and SW facing sides being linear and the NW and NE facing sides curvilinear, encloses an earthwork platform about 31 metres SW-NE and 21.5 metres SE-NE. The moat does not appear on the 1814 Os Drawing or the OS 1st Edition map dated 1884. Visible on aerial photographs taken in 1944 and 1946 as earthworks, the moat features have been plough levelled by 1973, but do remain visible as a very faint earthwork on 2019 dated remote sensing data. The moat ditch is also visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2019 (7-13).

Sources (11)

  • ---SBC18725 Aerial Photograph: 01/10/46. RAF 107.4038. SP\645392. Yes.
  • ---SBC18856 Aerial Photograph: 26/03/46. RAF 314.6005. SP\645392. Yes.
  • <3>SBC10259 Map: OS 1880/1885 1:10560 & 1:2500 MAPS,1ST EDITION & SHALSTONE INCLOSURE MAP 1773 (WITH MR G PUREFOY,SH .
  • <4>SBC4798 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E & PIKE A R NOV 1976 FIELD VISIT & RAF A /P'S 1946.
  • <7>SBC26096 Digital archive: BRITISH LIBRARY. 2023. Boyce. 1814. Ordnance Surveyor Drawing 2 inches to 1 mile (1:31,680) scale - Stony Stratford (OSD 229). Date Accessed 27-SEP-2022.
  • <8>SBC25776 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 25 inch (1:2500) scale map. Map. Buckinghamshire Sheet V11.16, 1884.
  • <9>SBC26158 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. US-7PH-GP-LOC201 STBD 12050 06-MAR-1944.
  • <10>SBC26159 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-3G-TUD-UK-86 RV 6005 26-MAR-1946.
  • <11>SBC26161 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. OS-73336 V 529 24-JUN-1973.
  • <12>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 14-SEP-2019 SP6438.
  • <13>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63NW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6438.

Location

Grid reference SP 64590 38830 (point)
Civil Parish SHALSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13444)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13986)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 7:48PM

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