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Name:	Wavendon Motte
HER Number:	MMK166
Type of record:	Monument

Grid Reference:	SP 919 371
Map Sheet:	SP93NW
Location:	Wavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Summary

Earthwork mound thought to be the motte of a motte & bailey castle but not proved

Monument Types

MOTTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Events

Wavendon House motte?
33 Cross End

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1011301: Motte castle 200m south-east of Wavendon Manor

Full description

1) Motte(1). Mound excavated before infilling of ditch (partly infilled pre-1939). Causeway on SE side. No building found on summit. to W possible bailey ditches. 4 trenches cut (see plans etc.) (b2-3).
2) Ditch 0. 6m deep, mutilated on W side. Causeway/ramp on S. 1: 2500 survey (b4).
3) Scheduled (b5).

Scheduled Ancient Monument file PS/537/2/2 (Correspondence). SMK4664.

<01> RCHM BUCKS 2 P313 (Document). SMK219.

<02> GRIFFITHS R W 1968 " EXCAVATIONS ON THE MOUND AT WAV ENDON,SEPTEMBER 1963" IN "WOLVERTON & DISTRICT ARCH SOC JOURNAL 1 PP29-31" (Document). SMK220.

<03> GRIFFITHS R W (PLANS & SECTIONS ETC FILED)/BCM ACC ESSIONS REGISTER) (Document). SMK221.

<04> OS RECORD CARD SP93 NW4,DEC 1974,FILED (Document). SMK222.

<05> SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUME NTS NOVEMBER 1968/ENGLISH HERITAGE NOVEMBER 1993 (Document). SMK223.

<06> PIKE A R AUG 1980 & OS RECORD CARD SP93 NW6,DEC 19 74 (NOT HELD) (Document). SMK224.

Sources and further reading

---	SMK4664 - Correspondence: Scheduled Ancient Monument file PS/537/2/2.
<01>	SMK219 - Document: RCHM BUCKS 2 P313.
<02>	SMK220 - Document: GRIFFITHS R W 1968 " EXCAVATIONS ON THE MOUND AT WAV ENDON,SEPTEMBER 1963" IN "WOLVERTON & DISTRICT ARCH SOC JOURNAL 1 PP29-31".
<03>	SMK221 - Document: GRIFFITHS R W (PLANS & SECTIONS ETC FILED)/BCM ACC ESSIONS REGISTER).
<04>	SMK222 - Document: OS RECORD CARD SP93 NW4,DEC 1974,FILED.
<05>	SMK223 - Document: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUME NTS NOVEMBER 1968/ENGLISH HERITAGE NOVEMBER 1993.
<06>	SMK224 - Document: PIKE A R AUG 1980 & OS RECORD CARD SP93 NW6,DEC 19 74 (NOT HELD).

Related records

MMK167	Parent of: Wavendon mound (Find Spot)
MMK168	Parent of: Wavendon mound (Monument)
MMK169	Parent of: Wavendon mound (Monument)
MMK170	Parent of: Wavendon mound (Monument)

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