Monument record 0281700000 - MAIDS MORETON

Summary

Medieval village earthworks visible on aerial photographs and in field visit

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Shrunken medieval village earthworks at Maids Moreton (DBC8579)
  • SHINE: Earthworks of Maids Moreton shrunken medieval village and associated ridge and furrow. (DBC7775)

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

POSSIBLE HOUSE PLATFORMS/VILLAGE EARTHWORKS ON APS (B1).
N PART OF FIELD NOW BUILT ON; 2/3 MUTILATED HOUSE PLATFORMS REMAIN BEHIND NEW HOUSES NEAREST TO CHURCH. 2 PLATFORMS IN FIELD, AT C SP70743532; PERHAPS MORE EXIST, BUT QUARRYING HAS DESTROYED ANY RECOGNIZABLE PATTERNS. SEE CAS 6IN MAP (B2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC18754 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 01/10/46. RAF Vertical Aerial Photographs, 1946: Run 13, frame 3182. SP\707351. Yes.
  • <1>SBC471 Aerial Photograph: AP 1946(OCT) RAF RUN 13 PRINT 3182.
  • <2>SBC513 Verbal communication: 1977. ARP 1977(16 FEB 1977) FIELD VISIT.
  • <3>SBC4568 Bibliographic reference: Gerald Elvey (ed). 1975. 'LUFFIELD PRIORY CHARTERS PT 2', IN BUCKS RECORD SOC 18 P252, CHARTER 592. Vol 18.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7076 3524 (185m by 285m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish MAIDS MORETON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13272)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC18123)

Record last edited

Dec 13 2019 8:33AM

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