Monument record 0023000000 - 800M N LOWER HARTWELL FARM

Summary

Possible medieval house platforms with associated field system recorded on aerial photographs and in field survey

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Type and Period (3)

FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
HOUSE PLATFORM? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
BOUNDARY? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

HOUSE PLATFORMS & STREET REPORTED (B1).
FROM SP7928 1332- SP7909 1378 A SERIES OF FLAT TOPPED MOUNDS/PLATFORMS 0.8M MAX HEIGHT, IRREGULAR SHAPE, BOUNDED BY HEDGE ON E & RIDGE & FURROW ON W. NOT TYPICAL DMV PATTERN (B2).
AP SHOWS PROB HEADLAND/PARISH BOUNDARY C.800M LONG. UNLIKELY TO BE HOUSE PLATFORMS (B3).

(SP 791135) Site of DMV (B4).
Extending from SP 79281332 to SP 79091378 in a pasture field is a line of flat-topped mounds or platforms, 0.8m max height, and of irregular shapes, bounded by a hedge on the E and rig and furrow on the W. They do not form the typical regular pattern of a DMV, and their purpose cannot be determined, though it is possible they are associated with the rig and furrow (B5).
House platforms and street of a DMV at SP 791137 (B6).
Not listed by Beresford (B7 and B8).
The farmer has started to level some of the mounds but has met with no foundations to date (B9).

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)

<1>SBC5772 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N,DEC 1972.
<2>SBC11291 Unpublished document: OS RECORD CARD(FILED).
<3>SBC5021 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E FROM RAF A/P FEB 1948 AT BCM.
<4>SBC10064 Map: OLD MUSEUM 6 INCH RECORD MAP.
<5>SBC28863 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 25-NOV-72.
<6>SBC28424 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1972. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 19, part 2, pages 217-225.
<7>SBC1668 Bibliographic reference: Beresford M W & Hurst J G. 1971. DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGES.
<8>SBC18842 Aerial Photograph: 04/02/48. RAF 280.3024. SP\794138. Yes.
<9>SBC28864 Verbal communication: 1978. Field Investigators Comments - F1 RSC 09-FEB-78.
<10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 7914 1363 (140m by 260m)
Civil Parish	STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	HARTWELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
Event - Survey: (EBC14202)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2026 10:39AM