Shining Ford
Description of this historic site
Possible site of a ford called 'Sceannforde' (Shining Ford) and known from documentary evidence. It dates to the Early Medieval period and is located 300m south of Danzey Green.
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Notes about this historic site
1 The ford referred to as ‘sceannforde’ (Shining Ford) in a charter dated AD 709 (but that probably spurious) may have been at this point, where manor and parish boundaries diverged. There are, however, other candidates locations.
2 Map showing this possible site.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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