Monument record 0281200000 - LECKHAMPSTEAD

Summary

Earthworks of a deserted medieval to post-medieval settlement recorded on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Shrunken Medieval village earthworks at Leckhamstead (DBC8787)
  • SHINE: Leckhampstead medieval shrunken village earthworks and ridge and furrow earthworks (DBC7434)

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Type and Period (1)

  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

VILLAGE EARTHWORKS ON AP (B1). IN FIELD CALLED 'OLD HOUSE CLOSE' (NGR TO CENTRE). AT LEAST 2 HOUSE PLATFORMS ON E SIDE OF FIELD; 1 IS V WELL PRESERVED, & CUT INTO SLOPE TO FORM A TERRACE. MAY BE 2 MORE PLATFORMS ON W SIDE OF FIELD. SITE IS C.100M NE OF LECKHAMPSTEAD PARISH CHURCH (B2).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC18806 Aerial Photograph: 11/10/46. RAF 20.4179. SP\726380. Yes.
  • <1>SBC12475 Aerial Photograph: RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph, 1946: Run 20, frame 4179.
  • <2>SBC2775 Bibliographic reference: CHADBURN ADB 1984 FIELD VISIT; & SEE CHADBURN, PAR ISH SURVEY OF LECKHAMPSTEAD(1984) PP 24, 79, 86 (.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7268 3801 (83m by 123m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish LECKHAMPSTEAD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13272)
  • Event - Survey: Parish survey (EBC13925)

Record last edited

Jul 18 2018 8:46AM

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