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HAWRIDGE COURT

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Medieval ringwork, also interpreted as a moated manor-house situated within the garden of Hawridge Court Farm whose house occupies part of the site. The oval ringwork is internally some 60 metres north east to south west by 50 metres transversely. It is bounded by a rampart with an average height of 2 metres and outer ditch of similar size. A gap and causeway through the defences in the east probably represents an original entrance. Scheduled.

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(SP 95000584) Hawridge Court (NAT) Moat (NR) (1)

Hawridge Court, a moated manor-house occupied as a farmhouse. About 1780 some square stones and human bones were dug up when enlarging the garden and a few years later an iron casement was found in the area within the moat. (2)

Homestead moat comprising a single rampart and ditch but very strong in comparison with the small area enclosed. (3)

Hawridge Court Farm. SP 950058 listed as a large ringwork. (4)

This is an oval ringwork internally some 60.0m NE-SW by 50.0m transversely, situated on a broad ridge within the garden of Hawridge Court. It is bounded by a rampart with an average height of 2.0m and outer ditch of similar size which, apart from some surface water on the NW, is dry. A difference of 2.0m in base level of the ditch from E to W precludes it from ever having been waterfilled. The interior and exterior ground levels are similar, a gap and causeway through the defences in the E probably representing an original entrance. Hawridge Court, 17th century construction but not outstanding, occupies the N side of the
ringwork. No recent finds have been made in the area.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (5)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

Ordnance Survey 6" map sheet

( 2) General reference

History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire 3 1847 372-3 (G Lipscomb)

( 3) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1912 An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire, volume one [south]

1912 Page(s)191

( 4) edited by A J Taylor 1969 Chateau Gaillard, 3. Conference at Battle, Sussex, 19-24 September 1966

1969 Page(s)111

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

First OS Archaeology Field Investigator NKB 19-SEP-1974

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