Monument record 0439900000 - POSSIBLE ROMAN ROAD

Summary

Suggested route of a possible Roman road between London and south Oxfordshire

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • ROAD? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

ARTICLE SAYS REASONABLE TO ASSUME ROAD EXISTED IN RB TIMES CONNECTING LONDON WITH S OXON...THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A ROAD ASSOC WITH HEDGERLEY KILN SITES & HIGH WYCOMBE VILLA (FULL DESC OF ROUTE, MAPS, SECTIONS ETC)(B1).
NGR'S FROM MAPS IN B1 (B2).
EVIDENCE NOT CONVINCING - MORE WORK NEEDED (B3).
Negative watching brief (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC9231 Article in serial: MORRIS C, HARGREAVES G H & PARKER R P F. 1970. 'A ROMAN ROAD THROUGH S BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP367-385. Vol 18.
  • <2>SBC12185 Verbal communication: PIKE A R (BCM) OCT 1978.
  • <3>SBC5938 Unpublished document: GRIMES W (undated), PHILLIPS C W 1972 & GRUNDY G B 1941, ALL LETTERS TO J F HEAD (FILED).
  • <4>SBC23335 Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology. 2008. Motorway Service Area at Burtley Wood, Beaconsfield: An Archaeological Watching Brief Report.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 89662 90694 (31200m by 11968m)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish STOKENCHURCH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HEDGERLEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: 30035) (EBC17163)

Record last edited

Mar 22 2024 4:04PM

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