The Gatehouse website record for Fastendich, Stokenchurch

In the civil parish of Stokenchurch. In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).

Creighton and Higham write "Fastendich and Old Dashwood Hill are possible examples of enclosed medieval villages." Fastendich is not otherwise referenced and identification with any archaeological site uncertain but seems to be:-
Small banked enclosure, circa 90m x 30m, and medieval field banks surviving as earthworks. Pottery, roof tiles suggest C13-C14 occupation. Supposed site of hamlet of Fastenditch or `stronghold ditch' as Anglo-Saxon name implies. (PastScape)
The Bucks SMR places Fastendich at SU810974 and suggests it as a linear Dark Ages territorial boundary (An entirely reasonable suggest to me.). Within Stokenchurch CP it identifies a medieval banked enclosure and farmstead at Pomfrey Castle (SU73559495) and another banked enclosure in Dell's Wood (SU78779435) identified as possibly the lost hamlet of Pilsedich. This later seems to be the site PastScape are referring too. The report earthworks are slight and, although the hamlet name still has a ditch component, do not appear to be of a defensive nature.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU788944

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 245511
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 0242700000,
0554400000 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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