Monument record 0504100000 - EAST END,WEEDON

Summary

Shrunken village earthworks recorded in field survey and on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Shrunken Medieval village earthworks at Weedon (DBC8973)

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

LARGE OPEN FIELD CROSSED BY A FOOTPATH. IN S IS STEEP BANK WITH A DITCH RUNNING N FROM THERE. ALIGNED E-W THROUGH THE FIELD IS A HOLLOW WAY. REGULAR EARTHWORKS IN E & N LOBE OF FIELD ARE PROBABLY HOUSE PLATFORMS. POSS WHOLE AREA FROM STOCKAWAY TO EAST END WAS ONCE BUILT UP (SKETCH PLOT OF FEATURES) (B1).
Negative watching brief (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC5417 Unpublished document: Eleanor Forfang. 1981. HARDWICK CUM WEEDON: A PARISH SURVEY. pp35-6; Map 3:6.
  • <2>SBC22413 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2005. Land on Aston Abbotts Road, East End, Weedon: An Archaeological Evaluation.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8168 1804 (300m by 240m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish WEEDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (Ref: EEW 04/128) (EBC16592)

Record last edited

Aug 28 2018 4:28PM

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