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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 1940 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | CIRCULAR EARTHWORK, SOUTH OF CHURCH, BUCKLAND |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- MOAT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: Medieval Circular Moat, now infilled, Southwest of the Church of St Andrews, Buckland
- Area of Archaeological Significance
Full description
Fragment of a circular homestead moat, SW of the church. Visible on APs. OS field visit of 1973 records the moat as infilled, 'its course being defined by a darker growth of grass within a pasture field' <2>.
Filled in 20 or more years ago. At the time of the visit, there was a circular area in the field where the grass did not protrude through the snow <1>.
Ist edition OS maps, and APs taken in 1947, show a large and almost perfectly circular feature (labelled 'track of moat' on the 1878 map), with a wide entrance to the NW, at this location. All the photographs show a substantial internal feature, and two (PNO 3678-9) appear to show further earthworks adjacent and to the north.
This site has been interpreted as a homestead moat since the early 20C <3>, but these earthworks suggest a more complex site, and possibly a defensive site, such as a small motte and bailey, or ringwork.
Approximately 20m to the east/north east, alongside the road, is an extant waterfilled roadside pond, which OS mapping and photographic evidence suggests may be the slight remains of a moat; see [12355].
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Linear earthworks, Buckland. PNO 3572 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Circular earthwork, Buckland. PNO 3573 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Moated site and linear cropmarks, Buckland. PNO 3574 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Circular moated site, Buckland. PNO 3678 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. Circular moated site, Buckland. PNO 3679 |
| --- | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch plan, 1st edition. 1878 |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Cave-Penny, Helena (HCC) site report. |
| <2> | Index: OS Records. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1910. - p74 |
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