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HER Number:	0010600000
Type of record:	Monument
Summary:	Bank and ditch earthwork complex, of uncertain date and function.

Grid Reference:	SP 6559 1391
Parish:	BRILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Monument Type(s):

BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
DITCH (Unknown date)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Protected Status:

Ancient Monument

Public Access Information

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Is the site visible from a public viewpoint?

Full description

Dimensions - Length 0120 m Height 0002
Plan Form - LINEAR
SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT. STRUCTURE C 50M N OF CHURCH BETWEEN NGR'S. VARIOUSLY DATED TO IRON AGE, SAXON, MEDIEVAL & CIVIL WAR PERIODS. IN 1972 120M OF BANK SURVIVED, UP TO 2M HIGH; PART OF DITCH WAS VISIBLE & HOLDING WATER (B6).
IN 1973 PART OF VISIBLE DITCH FILLED WITH MATERIAL FROM E END OF BANK (B7).
VISIT TO NEARBY GARDEN BY MICHAEL FARLEY ESTABLISHED A CLEAR SLOPE FROM HIGHER LAND FORMING MOST OF THE EAST OF THE GARDEN. LOOKS VERY PROBABLE THAT THIS WAS THE FORMER COURSE OF THE DITCH AND ALSO MATCHES THE CURVE OF THE HIGH STREET (B17).
Ground penetrating radar survey of 26 transverses on public access land in the centre carried out in April 2014 by Stratascan as part of a research project to locate the course and extent of the earthworks. See report for detail (B20).

Sources and further reading

<1>	Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 1 P104.
<2>	Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p471.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P67.
<4>	Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P15.
<5>	Bibliographic reference: F W Bateson. 1966. BRILL, A SHORT HISTORY. pp11-12.
<6>	Verbal communication: MEF, BATESON FW, DAVIES M 1972 (19 SEPT) PERS COMM.
<7>	Unpublished document: Mike Farley. 1973. RODGER I & FARLEY M E 1973 (21 MAY) NOTES FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
<8>	Verbal communication: MEF 1976(JULY) PERS COMM.
<9>	Verbal communication: MEF 1976(AUG) PERS COMM.
<10>	Verbal communication: MEF 1977(JULY) PERS COMM.
<11>	Verbal communication: MEF 1977(SEPT) PERS COMM.
<12>	Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD, FILED.
<13>	Verbal communication: RODGER I & MEF 1980(JULY) PERS COMM (MR I RODGER OF BRILL).
<14>	Verbal communication: HURMAN BM 1980(FEB) PERS COMM.
<15>	Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1986. NOTIFICATION OF SCHEDULING.
<16>	Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1989. 'AN IRON AGE HILLFORT AT BRILL?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 31 PP27-32 & PL III-IV. Vol 31.
<17>	Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 26-May-1996. M FARLEYS NOTES ON SITE VISIT TO EARTHWORK, BRILL.
<18>	Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2005. An Archaeological Excavation at Brill Sports and Social Club, Church Street, Brill.
<19>	Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2012. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Brill Sports and Social Club, Church Street, Brill.
<20>	Unpublished document: Stratascan. 2014. Geophysical Survey Report: Brill.

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

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Ground penetrading radar survey (Ref: J6661)

Related Monuments

0010600001	Parent of: ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BRILL (Find Spot)
0010601000	Parent of: ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BRILL (Monument)
0010602000	Parent of: ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BRILL (Monument)
0010603000	Parent of: ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BRILL (Monument)
0010604000	Parent of: ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BRILL (Monument)
0010605000	Parent of: ALL SAINT'S CHURCH, BRILL (Monument)
0010600003	Parent of: Brill allotments and Thame Road (Monument)
0010600002	Parent of: Brill Sports and Social Club (Find Spot)

Images

Earthworks at Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council	Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council
Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council	Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council
Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council	Earthwork near church in Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council
Earthwork near church in Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council	Earthwork near church at Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council
Brill Church and earthwork © Buckinghamshire County Council	Brill Church and Green © Buckinghamshire County Council
Brill Green © Buckinghamshire County Council	Earhwork at Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council
Earthworks, Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council

Reports

Report dated 5th September 2012 by Gavin Davis of JMHS on negative watching brief carried out in August 2012 during groundworks for building extension. © JMHS