Monument record 0203400000 - MARGARY ROAD 162

Summary

Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough, with possible extension to the Alchester-Towcester road.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9636)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9626)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9483)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9637)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9421)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9638)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street and Thornborough (DBC9422)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9634)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9632)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9635)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9627)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9630)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9628)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9631)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9629)
  • Planning Notification Area: Roman road between Akeman Street at Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC9633)
  • SHINE: Addington medieval moated manor and deserted village earthworks, and buried remains of Roman road (DBC7781)
  • SHINE: Buried remains of a Roman road running between Fleet Marston and Thornborough, and finds of pottery and tile suggesting an associated Roman farmstead, SE of Sion Hill Farm (DBC8280)
  • SHINE: Buried remains of a Roman road running between Fleet Marston and Thornborough, southeast of Furzen Farm (DBC8230)
  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval ridge and furrow and medieval house platforms, along with the route of a Roman road between Fleet Marston and Thornborough (DBC8304)
  • SHINE: Roman settlement identified by a dense surface scatter of Roman finds recovered during fieldwalking surveys next to the suggested route of a Roman road from Akeman Street to Thornborough. (DBC8253)

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
STARTS AT SHARP TURN OF AKEMAN SREET N OF FLEET MARSTON. MARKED AGGER ABOVE STOCKHOLT FARM (B1,B7).
ROMAN ROAD KNOWN ONLY FOR 5 MILES N OF FLEET MARSTON (B2).
MUCH OF COURSE FOLLOWS PARISH & FIELD BOUNDARIES. STRAIGHT LINE PROJECTED S GIVES JUNCTION WITH AKEMAN STREET AT SP77661563 (B4).
Geophysical surveys carried out by Pre-Construct Geophysics between January and May 2009 identified the remains of the flanking ditches of the road at the south of the survey area in Field 8, along with its junction with Akeman Street. See report for detail (B10).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC16283 Bibliographic reference: Viatores Group. 1964. ROMAN ROADS IN SE MIDLANDS PP16,37,306-309 & MAPS PP34,230-231,357,372-374.
  • <2>SBC5798 Article in serial: C W Green. 1956. 'ROMANO-BRITISH SITES & THEIR COMMUNICATIONS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 P100. Vol 16.
  • <3>SBC10381 Map: OS 1958 1:10560 MAPS.
  • <4>SBC5164 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E, MAY 1974.
  • <5>SBC14791 Bibliographic reference: ST JOSEPH A/P'S (COPIES AT BCM).
  • <6>SBC5155 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E, JAN 1980.
  • <7>SBC8161 Bibliographic reference: I D Margary. 1955. ROMAN ROADS IN BRITAIN 1 P153.
  • <8>SBC9909 Verbal communication: Network Archaeology. 1998. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON AYLESBURY-STEPPINGLEY GAS PIPELINE.
  • <9>SBC23039 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2007. Steppingley to Aylesbury Natural Gas Pipeline: archaeological watching brief 1997.
  • <10>SBC23506 Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2009. Geophysical Survey: Fleet Marston, Aylesbury.
  • <11>SBC24481 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2014. A Programme of Archaeological Observation, Investigation and Recording on Land to the Rear of Bay Tree Cottage, Adstock.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 73051 28366 (9350m by 25515m) (Exact)
Civil Parish ADDINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish NORTH MARSTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish PADBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish PITCHCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish THORNBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish ADSTOCK, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish AKELEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish EAST CLAYDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish FLEET MARSTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish FOSCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish GRANBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HOGSHAW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (5)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Geophysical surveys (EBC17219)

Record last edited

Jun 20 2019 10:45AM

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