Monument record 0024503000 - COWLEY LOWER FARM

Summary

Possible medieval fishpond recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

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

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Type and Period (1)

  • FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

TO NE OF MOAT IS A POND WITH SPRING NEARBY (B3).
POSSIBLE FISHPONDS ADJACENT TO MOAT ON N, POSSIBLY UTILISING SE ARM OF MOAT WHICH APPEARS TO BE DAMMED TO N. ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION THE FIELD CONTAINING THE MOAT WAS THE SOURCE OF WATER PIPED TO PRESTON BISSETT VILLAGE (B6).

Sources (4)

  • ---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.
  • <6>SBC4946 Verbal communication: Michael Farley (BCM). 1981. PERS COMM APRIL 1981, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6622 2804 (70m by 60m)
Civil Parish PRESTON BISSETT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14013)

Record last edited

Jan 11 2018 10:16AM

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