Monument record 0024502000 - COWLEY LOWER FARM

Summary

Medieval moat recorded in excavation is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

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SHINE: Cowley Farm medieval moat with village earthworks and ridge and furrow earthworks

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Type and Period (4)

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 0030 m Width 0027
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
DRY MOAT. MR HOLT HAS LIFTED TURF ON SE CORNER TO REVEAL A LAYER OF LIMESTONE PAVING/SURFACING. TO NE OF MOAT IS A POND WITH SPRING NEARBY (B3).
MR HOLT EXCAVATES AREA 0.6 X 0.6M ON ISLAND OF MOAT (SP6619 2801): FINDS SEE 02:001-00)(B5).
SE ARM POSSIBLY USED AS FISHPOND:APPEARS TO BE DAMMED TO N (B6).

A medieval moat and subrectangular platform is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located immediately SW of Cowley Farm and centred at SP 66196 28010, the slightly trapezoidal moat ditch that varies between 3 and 13 metres wide forms part of a more extensive system of interconnected ditches, enclosing an internal platform of 38.5 metres NW-SE and 33.5 metres SW-NE at its widest (7-9).

Sources (8)

---SBC17301 Aerial Photograph: 08/04/76. BCM A1/7/31. SP\662278. Yes.
---SBC18877 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 35.3164. SP\669273. Yes.
<3>SBC6445 Verbal communication: 1973. HOLT MR, GEORGE, MR & FARLEY M E JAN 1973, PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
<5>SBC6446 Verbal communication: Mr Holt. 1973. HOLT MR TO FARLEY M E, PERS COMM, JUNE 1973.
<6>SBC4946 Verbal communication: Michael Farley (BCM). 1981. PERS COMM APRIL 1981, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
<7>SBC26281 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-3G-TUD-UK-86 RV 6185 26-Mar-1946.
<8>SBC26309 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RP 3163 12-Dec-1946.
<9>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP62NE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6628.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6620 2800 (70m by 60m)
Civil Parish	PRESTON BISSETT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17542)

Record last edited

Oct 6 2023 12:37PM