Monument record 0296101000 - N & E OF OLD VICARAGE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Description
1 LARGE HOUSE PLATFORM E OF OLD VICARAGE, & TO N SOME SMALLER PLATFORMS. TO E OF FOOTPATH ON RECREATION GROUND ARE OTHER EARTHWORKS, PROB ALSO PLATFORMS. LARGE PLATFORM COULD BE MANOR HOUSE SITE (SEE 02:0 00)(B2).
PLATFORM DEFINED BY A DITCH; ALIGNED WITH VICARAGE (B3).
The 'large house platform' noted on earlier visits is more than just a house platform; it is a large rectangular enclosure with well-defined ditch and clear traces of an internal bank along the southern side, with a well-defined return to the NE and then back towards the NW. It looks as if The Old Vicarage would sit within it. A banked and ditched enclosure seems a little grandiose for a vicarage and there is a possibility that the vicarage itself, or the site, could have started life as a manor house (B4-5).
Sources (4)
- <2>SBC11978 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM APRIL 1977, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC4946 Verbal communication: Michael Farley (BCM). 1981. PERS COMM APRIL 1981, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
- <4>SBC23899 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 2011. Notes following site visit on 21st March 2011.
- <5>SBC24014 Unpublished document: Michael Farley and Peter Marsden. 2011. Twyford Village Earthworks: Historic Landscape Report.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 6660 2670 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TWYFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17395)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17396)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC17397)
Record last edited
Nov 26 2023 9:02PM
