Monument record 0540002000 - MIDDLE END, LECKHAMPSTEAD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Shrunken Medieval village earthworks and associated pottery scatters at Middle End (DBC9847)
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Type and Period (1)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
Description
VARIOUS AMORPHOUS EARTHWORKS AT MIDDLE END ARE PROBABLY THE RESULT OF VILLAGE SHRINKAGE. (A SQUARE ENCLOSURE AT SP7285/3755, SHOWING WELL ON APS, MAY WELL REPRESENT THE SITE OF 'THE TOY' (FORMER MANOR HOUSE?) (B4).
Fieldwalking carried out by the Whittlewood Project recovered Saxon, Medieval and post-medieval to modern pottery. Substantial concentration of Medieval pottery finds in the northern half of the field indicates medieval occupation along the road which runs along the north of the field. The finds were concentrated in a strip 100m wide. This suggest that the concentrated pottery finds may end with the former boundaries of the medieval tofts. Further south in the field the finds adopt the distribution associated wth manuring. See CAS 06813 for Iron Age and Romano-British pottery (B6).
Sources (3)
- ---SBC21204 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University (St Joseph). 1963. 1963 Cambridge University Oblique AP. SP73143736. Yes.
- <4>SBC2788 Unpublished document: Amanda Chadburn. 1984. PARISH SURVEY OF LECKHAMPSTEAD PP40,51-54.
- <6>SBC19693 Unpublished document: Richard Jones. 2002. Whittlewood Project: Fieldwalking Report 2000-2002 - The Pottery Part 2.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7282 3762 (229m by 281m) (Centred on) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LECKHAMPSTEAD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (3)
- VESSEL (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Post-Medieval to 19th Century - 1540 AD to 1899 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking for Whittlewood Project (EBC16205)
- Event - Survey: Parish survey (EBC13925)
Record last edited
Jun 30 2004 4:52PM
