Monument record 0249100000 - PITSTONE

Summary

Earthworks and finds suggest village was larger in the medieval and post-medieval periods

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Remains of shrunken Medieval village at Pitstone (DBC9017)

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

SYSTEM OF PLATFORMS & HOLLOW WAYS ON APS (B5). MEDIEVAL POTTERY COLLECTED FROM FIELD (B6). RB, SAXON, MED & POST-MED POTTERY, JETTONS COLLECTED FROM FIELD. AREA SURVEYED & PLANNED; FINDS PLOTTED; MANOR HOUSE SITE SHOWN (B7,9). DISCUSSION OF EVIDENCE: VERY LIKELY THERE WAS A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE BY CHURCH (B10).

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  • ---SBC17433 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. BCM A2/26/25A. SP\943151. Yes.
  • <1>SBC7695 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 P433.
  • <2>SBC14291 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P726.
  • <3>SBC15764 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP406, 407-409.
  • <4>SBC2157 Map: BULL EJ INFO FROM MAPS IN BRO (EG MA/166/2R, 1810).
  • <5>SBC233 Aerial Photograph: AIR PHOTOS; RAF 1946 183.3055; 187.4084 (AT BCM); ALSO AP'S IN GENERAL COLLECTION.
  • <6>SBC8362 Verbal communication: MEF & HINKMAN B 1976 PERS COMM.
  • <7>SBC2146 Bibliographic reference: BULL EJ 1977 PLANS TEXT &C ON CAS FILE.
  • <8>SBC8361 Verbal communication: MEF & HAWKINS J 1979(DEC) PERS COMM (IE, MR JEFF H AWKINS OF PITSTONE GREEN FARM).
  • <9>SBC2150 Bibliographic reference: BULL EJ 1978 A MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT AREA ADJACENT T O PITSTONE CHURCH, IN RECSOFBUCKS"20PP646-655".
  • <10>SBC4419 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP105-110 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9424 1497 (290m by 260m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11700)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13246)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)
  • Event - Survey: Earthwork survey (EBC1170)

Record last edited

Oct 8 2018 10:24AM

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