Monument record 0078500000 - MAIDS MORETON

Summary

Earthworks of probable Iron Age hillfort seen on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1018453: A SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT 600M SOUTH EAST OF HOME FARM (DBC7213)
  • Planning Notification Area: Iron Age hillfort at Maids Moreton (DBC8811)
  • SHINE: Maids Moreton probable Iron Age hillfort (DBC7440)

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Type and Period (2)

  • ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
  • HILLFORT? (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0080 m
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE, VISIBLE ON AP (B3).
BROAD CURVING BANK VISIBLE ON W SIDE OF SITE & PART OF N & S SIDES (B4).
AN IRON AGE SOCKETED AXE, THE LARGEST KNOWN IN THE BRITISH ISLES (B2) PLOUGHED UP IN THE CENTRE OF THE ENCLOSURE IN 1967 (B1).
1:2500 SURVEY IN CAS FILE (B5).
SCHEDULED: SAM 29420 (B6).
Included in English |Heritage's Heritage ar Risk Register 2009, 2011 and 2015. Condition described as 'Extensive significant problems ie under plough, collapse' with principal vulnerability from arable ploughing and trend as declining (B7-9).

Sources (11)

  • ---SBC17389 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/7/4-7. SP\725348. Yes.
  • ---SBC18825 Aerial Photograph: 01/10/46. RAF 21.4230. SP\724347. Yes.
  • <1>SBC16459 Bibliographic reference: WAUGH H 1974 SOME IRON AGE POTTERY FROM MID & NORTH BUCKS IN RECSOFBUCKS19P406"&SEEALSORECSOFBUCKS19.
  • <2>SBC8138 Bibliographic reference: MANNING W M & SAUNDERS C 1972 SOCKETED IRON AGE AXE FROM MAIDS MORETON, BUCKS IN ANTIQUARIESJNL52PP2.
  • <3>SBC469 Aerial Photograph: AP 1946 (OCT) RAF (RUN 21 PRINT 4230 AT BCM).
  • <4>SBC4850 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) JAN 1974 FIELD VISIT WITH MR E J BULL.
  • <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <6>SBC14035 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1999. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <7>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p29.
  • <8>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p23.
  • <9>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7242 3472 (230m by 210m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish MAIDS MORETON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13246)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13962)

Record last edited

Jan 9 2018 4:10PM

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