Monument record 0107603000 - LISCOMBE HOUSE, SOULBURY

Summary

Possible medieval to post-medieval moat or fishpond or eighteenth century ornamental pond recorded in field survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • FISHPOND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • MOAT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • ORNAMENTAL POND (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1799 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0190 m
Plan Form - LINEAR
WATERFILLED, DEEP DITCH CALLED 'THE MOAT', SAID FORMERLY TO HAVE HAD 2 OTHER LEGS. ON 1769 LOVELL ESTATE MAP. SKETCH PLOT FROM GROUND & A/P'S AT 1:2500 & NGR (B9).
COULD BE A GARDEN FEATURE, THOUGH FAR FROM HOUSE . E ARM SURVIVES BUT S ARM MOSTLY INFILLED. PERHAPS A C18 FISHPOND? (B12).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC18901 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 42.4282. SP\885257. Yes.
  • <9>SBC7997 Bibliographic reference: LOWTHER PC 1981(AUG) (SEE HER SOULBURY PARISH SURV EY, PP27-28 &FIG 18, IN CAS FILE 2763.
  • <12>SBC5059 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1991. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, MARCH 1991.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8871 2544 (105m by 172m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC14244)

Record last edited

Mar 21 2016 6:47PM

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