Monument record 0036300000 - CHETWODE (SE OF WELLS FARM)

Summary

Post-medieval windmill mound, originally thought to be a barrow when excavated in the nineteenth century

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  • WINDMILL MOUND (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0014 m
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
'WINDMILL HILL' (LOCAL NAME) STOOD CLOSE ON S SIDE OF 'WINDMILL LANE' (B1).
EXCAVATED IN THE BELIEF IT WAS A 'LARGE BARROW' IN 1896, WHEN ITS DIMENSIONS WERE 90FT DIAMETER & 5FT 9IN HIGH (B2).
DESTROYED SHORTLY AFTER BY RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. NGR TO CENTRE OF FIELD (B1).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC8151 Map: MAP IR/56 Q 1813 (COUNTY RECORD OFFICE). INFORMATI ON TRANSFERRED TO CAS 25IN MAP.
  • <2>SBC3072 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1897. 'EXPLORATION OF A LARGE BARROW AT CHETWODE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 7 PP462-464. Vol 7.
  • <3>SBC548 Verbal communication: ARP 1980(JAN) PERS COMM; & BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <4>SBC16262 Verbal communication: VENN JH 1986 (JULY) PERS COMM.

Location

Grid reference SP 63600 29600 (point)
Civil Parish CHETWODE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11808)

Record last edited

Sep 21 2015 7:46PM

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