Williams, A. G., Leslie, I. and Luke, A. (2017). Brook Farm, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Excavation - Final Report. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109863. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Brook Farm, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Excavation - Final Report
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Abstract:		 Albion Archaeology carried out an archaeological excavation in advance of residential development on land at Brook Farm, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. The archaeological excavations produced evidence for several phases of past human activity. The earliest evidence was in the form of residual abraded sherds of Iron Age and Roman pottery, indicating activity from this period in the vicinity, but not within the development area.Residual Saxon artefacts, recovered from deposits provide evidence of activity of this period in the vicinity. However, no settlement of this date was present. The majority of archaeological remains uncovered relate to medieval and post-medieval activity and represent an evolving agrarian landscape on the outskirts of the village. This began with an enclosure system. This was probably in existence by the 12th century and may have continued in use into the 13th and perhaps even the 14th century. It most likely served as a small-scale livestock enclosure or meadow, conveniently sited near the river/brook to allow the watering of animals. An open field system was established around this enclosure system whilst the main enclosure was still in existence.After the enclosure system had gone out of use, and overlying part of the open field system (a further enclosure system was established on a similar alignment. The dating evidence recovered from it may be misleading and given its stratigraphic and physical relationships with the previous Phases, it is thought to have been established later in the medieval or in the post-medieval period. It is clear that some of the boundaries persisted for some considerable time, however, and survived long enough to be recorded on the Enclosure map of 1814. However, they do not appear on the 1861 map of Aston Clinton and must have been removed by then. A further extensive enclosed field system was established over the top of the open field system, most likely in the post-medieval period.
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Author:		 A G Williams
I Leslie
A Luke
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Country: England
Parish: Aston Clinton
County: Buckinghamshire
District: Aylesbury Vale
Grid Reference: 487699, 212499 (Easting, Northing)
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EXCAVATION (Event)
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RING (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OBIB: 2017/97
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023