Monument record 0470400000 - INCOME HOLE, IVINGHOE HILLS

Summary

Bank and ditch recorded in field survey, on aerial photographs, in trial trenching and in geophysical survey may be late prehistoric boundary

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmarks and earthworks of prehistoric boundary bank and ditch

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Type and Period (1)

  • BOUNDARY? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
DOUBLE LINEAR CROPMARK: ALIGNS WITH GRIMS DITCH ON PITSTONE HILL (CAS 0140) & HOLLOW WAY/DITCH BY INCOMBE HOLE ON IVINGHOE HILLS. NORTHMOST CROPMARK HAS DISTINCT DOGLEG (GANG WORK?). BANK ON N SIDE? (B1).
PLOT 1:2500 FILED: NGR TO CENTRE (B2).
CALLED DYKE V & VI (B4-5).
FURTHER SURVEY, DISCUSSION, PHOTOS (B6).
Linear earthworks at Incombe Hole and on Steps Hill visible on 1946 RAF APs. Dyer's Boundary Dykes Ia and Ib (B7, B10).
Detailed topographic survey carried out by Network Archaeology in 1998 at Steps Hill and Incombe Hole show earthworks continuing lines of both cropmarks to the northeast (B8).
Geophysical survey carried out by TimeScape and Network Archaeology in January and February 1999 indicates both earthworks originally extended at least 30m further north (B9).

Sources (11)

  • ---SBC19569 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF Vertical APs. SP96501610. Yes.
  • <1>SBC9322 Bibliographic reference: MR J HAWKINS, MRS J DAVIS & MEF, APRIL 1980.
  • <2>SBC12359 Graphic material: M Sear (Pitstone Society). 1980. PLOT BY MR M SEAR, PITSTONE SOC, JUNE 1980 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC9499 Bibliographic reference: MRS J DAVIS & MEF, AUG 1982.
  • <4>SBC3436 Article in serial: J Davis. 1981. DAVIS J 1981 GRIMS DITCH IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE & HERTFORDSHIRE, IN RECS OF BUCKS 23 PP23-31. Vol 23.
  • <5>SBC3431 Article in serial: J Davis & J G Evans. 1984. DAVIS J & EVANS J G 1984 GRIMS DITCH, IVINGHOE, IN RECS OF BUCKS 26 PP1-10. Vol 26.
  • <6>SBC4432 Unpublished document: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARISH SURVEY PP36-41,PL 3:7 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).
  • <7>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire.
  • <8>SBC19565 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1998. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase II.
  • <9>SBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III.
  • <10>SBC4464 Article in serial: Dyer J and Hales A. 1961. DYER J F & HALES A J 1961 PITSTONE HILL- A STUDY IN FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP49-56. pp50-51, Fig 2.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9541 1535 (340m by 330m)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC10638)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11052)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)
  • Event - Intervention: Trial trenching (EBC10637)

Record last edited

Dec 3 2023 6:52PM

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