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The barn, fishpond, and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm, Buckinghamshire, is a complex of medieval agricultural and domestic structures that reflects the self-sufficient economy of a substantial medieval farmstead. The moated site indicates the presence of a residence of some status, whilst the fishpond served both practical and ornamental purposes typical of medieval elite properties. The dovecote would have provided an important source of protein through pigeon husbandry, a practice reserved for those with manorial rights. These features, taken collectively, suggest a prosperous medieval agricultural holding of considerable organised infrastructure.
Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006955. View the official record →
The barn, fishpond, and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm, Buckinghamshire, is a complex of medieval agricultural and domestic structures that reflects the self-sufficient economy of a substantial medieval farmstead. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006955.
Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006955.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow on Moneybury Hill, 500m NNE of the Bridgewater Monument. (5.7 km), Two barrows at Bridgewater Monument (6.2 km), Bowl barrow in Aldbury Nowers wood, 280m south east of Northfield Grange (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.