Monument record 0175503000 - BUCKINGHAM CASTLE

Summary

Masonry and foundations, possibly of medieval buildings, found during works to castle mound on several occasions

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Type and Period (2)

  • BUILDING (FOUNDATIONS, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • WALL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

FOUNDATIONS OF STONE CASTLE FOUND IN DIGGING THE SLOPE OF THE MOTTE (REPORTED BY CAMDEN, 1540'S) (B6). DURING RECENT BUILDING WORK IN WELL ST, TRACES OF MASONRY FOUND AT FOOT OF SCARP (B5 (1913)). MASONRY ?BELONGING TO CASTLE & FIREPLACE, FOUND WELL ST 1877. COPIES OF SKETCHES &C, FILED (B3). Stone wall revealed during terracing work in rear garden of 16 Well Street 'some years ago' and report to County Archaeological Service in 2000. 2 fragments of gothic architectural mouldings built into modern garden walls. Possibly similar to reported finds from adjacent Weslyan Chapel (B10). Engraving by George Bickham, undated but probably in or soon after 1753 and certainly before 1776, appears to show traces of walls (or earthworks?) on the castle mound (B11).

Sources (5)

  • <3>SBC6143 Bibliographic reference: HARRISON JT 1909 LEISURE HOUR NOTES ON HISTORICAL BUCKINGHAM PP41-4 (ORIG PLANS ETC IN ENVELOPE IN B.
  • <5>SBC12999 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P72.
  • <6>SBC13711 Bibliographic reference: RENN DF 1968 NORMAN CASTLES IN BRITAIN P121.
  • <10>SBC19668 Verbal communication: Sandy Kidd (BCC). 2000. Landowner to Sandy Kidd June 2000.
  • <11>SBC19669 Graphic material: George Bickham. The North View of Buckingham, undated engraving by George Bickham.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 69514 33784 (27m by 33m)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11822)
  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed finds (EBC16045)

Record last edited

Sep 17 2018 2:49PM

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