Monument record 0173800000 - CHURCH FARM, LEE

Summary

Possible thirteenth to fourteenth century earthwork boundary around medieval village of The Lee

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval boundary earthwork and earthworks of shrunken Medieval village at The Lee (DBC9599)

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Type and Period (3)

  • BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MANORIAL BOUNDARY? (13th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD? to 1399 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0230 m Length 0115 Width 0180
Plan Form - TRAPEZOIDAL
DITCH AND BANK, C120CM HIGH, ENCLOSING AREA OF OLD SETTLEMENT, PROB DURING C13 AND C14 WHEN THE LEE WAS GRANTED TO MISSENDEN ABBEY. AREA INCLUDES OLD CHURCH (CASS 02238), NEW CHURCH (CASS 02239), CHURCH FARM (01:000) AND EARTHWORKS: HOLLOW WAY (02:00 0) AND ?HOUSE PLATFORMS (03:000) (B1-10).

Sources (14)

  • ---SBC3679 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <1>SBC14140 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P170.
  • <2>SBC12805 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 PP229-230.
  • <3>SBC15371 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 2 P346.
  • <4>SBC5770 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N FIELD VISIT.
  • <5>SBC10726 Graphic material: OS RECORD CARD SP 80 SE 14 AND PLAN (FILED).
  • <6>SBC4770 Unpublished document: FARLEY M E 10 AUG 1977 LETTER TO CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER, CHILTERN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
  • <7>SBC11975 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R AND FARLEY M E 9 AUG 1977 FIELD VISIT.
  • <8>SBC2464 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 1738.
  • <9>SBC6789 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS J G ED 1962 CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY PART III IN BUCKSRECORDSOCIETY12P226CHARTER907"".
  • <10>SBC3654 Bibliographic reference: DOE 1983 LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURA C OR HISTORIC INTEREST P36.
  • <11>SBC14678 Graphic material: SMITH ROLAND, SKETCH OF EARTHWORKS.
  • <12>SBC14082 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOVR G E JUNE 1987 (FROM BI11 ETC).
  • <13>SBC3527 Unpublished document: Margaret Dixon. 1996. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EARTHWORK SITES AROUND GREAT MISSENDEN.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8977 0440 (280m by 190m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish THE LEE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13452)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13992)

Record last edited

Feb 14 2018 5:16PM

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