Monument record 0175000000 - HILLESDEN HAMLET

Summary

Medieval village earthworks and ridge and furrow seen in field survey and recorded in excavation

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  • None recorded

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  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

HILLESDEN VILLAGE WAS ONCE IN 3 PARTS - CHURCH END, THE BARRACKS, & LOWER END (B7).
PRESENT HAMLET PRESUMABLY LOWER END - NGR TO CENTRE (B3-4).
NEARBY ARE VILLAGE EARTHWORKS & RIDGE & FURROW PLOUGHING (MAPS, FILED). BRIEF EXCAVATION CARRIED OUT AHEAD OF PLOUGHING/ BULLDOZING; WAS INCONCLUSIVE (B5).

Sources (10)

  • ---SBC18299 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/56. NMR 82.143 F22/61. SP\680298.
  • ---SBC18355 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. NMR SF 1165 FR217-20. SP\680298. Yes.
  • ---SBC18861 Aerial Photograph: 26/03/46. RAF 337.6182. SP\680298. Yes. Yes.
  • <1>SBC4524 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS P35. ALSO; CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES - REPORT OF EARTHWORKS COMMITT.
  • <2>SBC236 Aerial Photograph: AIR PHOTOS; ST JOSEPH AAV 40, AGV 55 (COPIES AT BCM); NMR SF 1165 FR 201, 205, 221; 82/1463 F22/61 (.
  • <3>SBC4786 Unpublished document: 1976. FARLEY M E & PIKE A R (BCM) NOV & DEC 1976 FIELD VISIT (WITH MR G A KING).
  • <4>SBC4784 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E & PIKE A R (BCM) JULY 1977 PERS COMM.
  • <5>SBC4804 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E (BCM) & BULL E J 1977 PERS COMM.
  • <6>SBC3471 Verbal communication: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. DENISE ALLEN 1979 (JAN) PERS COMM.
  • <7>SBC14172 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P275.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6765 3007 (374m by 322m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish HILLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11172)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC11923)

Record last edited

May 22 2012 11:21AM

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