Monument record 0464201000 - BOUNDARY HOUSE, LANE END

Summary

Dene hole of possible nineteenth century date identified in garden

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Type and Period (1)

  • DENE HOLE (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

CHALK MINE IN GARDEN OF BOUNDARY HOUSE (B2).
MR H HUSSEY RECALLS REDISCOVERY OF SHAFT C.1920 (B3).
DESCENT ARRANGED: SHAFT C.17M DEEP & C.2M DIAM. C.5.8M BELOW GROUND IT BELLED OUT INTO HUGE CONICAL CHAMBER. 5 SHORT TUNNELS C.3.5M BRANCHED OFF. WHEEL- MARKS OF BARROWS USED. CHALK FOR ROADS & MANURING (B5-6).

Sources (4)

  • <2>SBC63 Unpublished document: A R PIKE JAN 1980 FIELD VISIT.
  • <3>SBC9312 Unpublished document: MR H HUSSEY & MRS K HAWES.
  • <5>SBC8074 Unpublished document: M E FARLEY, MAY 1980. (SEE REPORT, NOTES, PHOTOS E TC FILED).
  • <6>SBC4755 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1979. 'A BELL-PIT OR CHALK WELL AT LANE END', IN RECS OF BUCKS 21. Vol 21. pp135-140.

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Grid reference SU 80220 90930 (point)
Civil Parish FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 1 2023 12:17PM

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