Monument record 0259000000 - CLOVER GROUND FIELD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (5)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD)
- STACK STAND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD)
Description
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
RECTANGULAR OR SUB-RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE, APPARENTLY WITH ENTRANCE ON E SIDE, VISIBLE ON A/P'S (B1).
NOTHING VISIBLE ON GROUND. FIELD UNDER PASTURE; QUITE GOOD RIDGE AND FURROW VISIBLE (B2).
A post medieval subrectangular ditched enclosure is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in a field about 685 metres NW of Lower Farm and centred at SP 81382 24381, a subrectangular ditch up to 4 metres wide encloses an internal area about 29.5 metres WSW-ENE and 22 metres NNW-SSE. It is located within a block of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks. Its fiunction is uncertain, but may have served as a stock enclosures or a stack stand to keep winter fodder dry. On aerial photographs taken in 2022 and recent remote sensing data, the earthworks remain barely visible, having been much plough levelled ( 3-5 ).
Sources (7)
- ---SBC18873 Aerial Photograph: 07/04/50. RAF 345.4261. SP\811240. Yes.
- ---SBC18881 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 36.3292. SP\820250. Yes.
- <1>SBC12489 Bibliographic reference: RAF A/P'S 1946 AND 1950.
- <2>SBC12027 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM, FEB 1977 FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC27048 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-CPE-UK-2483 RP 3252 10-MAR-1948.
- <4>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82SW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2020 SP8124.
- <5>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 15-JUN-2022 SP8124.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 8138 2437 (30m by 40m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DUNTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13447)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 9179) (EBC18604)
Record last edited
Jan 29 2025 11:56AM
