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Ickford mound

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

Name	Ickford mound
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Buckinghamshire
Modern Authority	Buckinghamshire
1974 Authority	Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	Ickford

Ditched mound c.20m diameter, c. 2.5m high, visible on APs could be a mill mound but possibly a motte. The mound is integral with other well preserved earthworks in this field, which could be village earthworks. (Bucks SMR)

At Ickford Bridge, near the river bank, are the remains of some earthworks of which nothing is known. In about 1830, when a portion of the embankment was being removed, a fire place formed of stone, together with some bones supposedly of animals in a calcined state, were discovered. (Sheanhan) A very slightly raised platform with a strong curved perimeter bank around the W., S and E sides. There is no outer ditch. It most resembles a Civil War earthwork but its sole purpose must have been to guard Ickford bridge. (F1 NVQ 19-FEB-71). (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Close to river crossing. Other earthworks close by are identified as Civil War defences of this river crossing and this mound and supposed village earthworks may well be part of these. In flood plain and may be unglamourous stock enclosures and stock flood refuge, although Civil War feature not unlikely. Can be rejected as a motte as seasonal flooding would make the site unfit for habitation.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

340772

County Historic Environment Record

ubp.buckscc.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MBC5934

OS Map Grid Reference	SP649065
Latitude	51.7543716430664
Longitude	-1.06254005432129
Eastings	464900
Northings	206580