Monument record 0024800000 - HAWRIDGE COURT FARM
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument 1014603: HAWRIDGE COURT RINGWORK (DBC7191)
- Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval defensive ringwork at Hawridge Court (DBC9151)
Map
Type and Period (1)
- RINGWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 60m, Width 50m.
Plan Form - Oval.
DEFENCES CONSIST OF SINGLE RAMPART & OUTER DITCH: RAMPART 5M HIGH, 16M WIDE, DITCH 1M DEEP, 14M WIDE: SW PART WET. BREAKS IN RAMPART WITH CAUSEWAYS ON E AND S & ON N WHERE FARMHOUSE (01:001) STANDS (THIS HAS DESTROYED PART OF THE EARTHWORK)(B1-6,B15).
DYER THINKS IT IS DANISH, BUT NO EVIDENCE (B7).
SCHEDULED SAM 27155 (B9).
Excavation failed to find any early features associated with the construction of the ringwork. Earliest evidence was a remnant soil horizon of late medieval date. Possible ditch or pit was exposed but was not investigated. Suggestion that cut features of medieval date may survive beneath post-medieval layers (B11).
Watching brief carried out by Northants Archaeology in February and March 2006 identified an undated buried soil horizon (B12).
Desk-based assessment carried out by John Moore Heritage Services in 2011 concluded that the monument was in a good state of preservation. The listed building was subject to detailed appraisal which identified a number of recognisable phases, some of which can be sub-divided (B13).
A watching brief by John Moore Heritage Services during groundworks for a new porch in July 2012 identified the possible truncated remains of the earthwork bank and an overlying undated buried soil horizon, surviving beneath 0.6m of post-medieval dumped deposits. See report for detail (B14).
Sources (18)
- ---SBC18950 Aerial Photograph: 10/04/47. RAF 97/4168. SP\949053. Yes.
- ---SBC18951 Aerial Photograph: 10/04/47. RAF 97/4169. SP\945057. Yes.
- ---SBC18952 Aerial Photograph: 10/04/47. RAF 97/4170. SP\942062. Yes.
- <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p372.
- <2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp135-136, 207.
- <3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp21, 33.
- <4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p191.
- <5>SBC2838 Bibliographic reference: CHATEAU GAILLARD 3 1969 P111.
- <6>SBC10851 Map: OS RECORD CARD SP 90 NE 07 (NOT RETAINED) (1:2500 MAP FILED).
- <7>SBC4447 Bibliographic reference: James Dyer. 1972. 'EARTHWORKS OF THE DANELAW FRONTIER', IN FOWLER P J (ED) 'ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE LANDSCAPE'. p231.
- <8>SBC3679 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
- <9>SBC23980 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
- <10>SBC1876 Verbal communication: BRISTOW MRS OCT 1998 PERS COMM (SEE NOTE, FILED).
- <11>SBC19070 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 1998. Archaeological Excavation of Land at Hawridge Court, Cholesbury, Bucks.
- <12>SBC22875 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2007. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Hawridge Court, Hawridge, Chesham.
- <13>SBC24253 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2011. Archaeological Desk-Based and Building Assessment on Hawridge Court, Hawridge, Chesham.
- <14>SBC24401 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2012. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Hawridge Court, Hawridge, Chesham.
- <15>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp367-368.
Location
Grid reference | SP 95000 05840 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation (EBC15956)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC16817)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: CYHC 12) (EBC17583)
Record last edited
Nov 8 2024 1:26PM