Monument record 0470402000 - INCOME HOLE, IVINGHOE HILLS

Summary

Possible late prehistoric ditch recorded in field survey, aerial photographs, geophysical survey and trial trenching

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DITCH (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
S OF 2 CROPMARKS SECTIONED; MASSIVE V-SHAPED DITCH C.3M WIDE, 3M DEEP. FILLED WITH BROWN SOIL - ?PLOUGHWASH. 1 SHERD OF ?IRON AGE POT. PHOTO FILED (B3).
NGR TO CENTRE OF DITCH (JPP). NB; CALLED DYKE VI (B4-5).
Linear earthworks at Incombe Hole and on Steps Hill visible on 1946 RAF APs. Dyer's Boundary Dyke Ib (B7, B10).
Earthwork continues line of cropmark for 10m to northeast. This section of earthworks reported to have been levelled by the army in the 1940s. National Trust 'reconstructed' bank in ditch during 1996 to prevent vehicle access to Incombe Hole (B7).
Detailed topographic survey carried out by Network Archaeology in 1998 at Steps Hill and Incombe Hole show earthworks continuing line of southern cropmark (between SP95601555 and SP95841572). 3 profiles across earthworks also recorded (B8).
Further detailed topographic survey carried out by TimeScape and Network Archaeology recorded a substantial bank surviving in the field boundary south of Incombe Hole. Magnetometer survey carried out immediately to the north of the earthwork on Steps Hill (at SP95851578) identified anomalies representing a bank and ditch continuing the line of the surviving earthworks for at least 30m before terminating (B9).

Sources (8)

---SBC19569 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF Vertical APs. SP96501610. Yes.
<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.
<7>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire. pp16,150, & fig.
<8>SBC19565 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1998. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase II. pp3,11-13, Figs 12,17,20,21.
<9>SBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4-5,6-9,20, Figs 12,17,18,41,53.
<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 9545 1537 (120m by 150m)
Civil Parish	IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (5)

Event - Intervention: (EBC11052)
Event - Survey: (EBC14409)
Event - Survey: Magnetometry (and resistivity) survey (EBC16003)
Event - Survey: Topographic survey (EBC16002)
Event - Survey: Topographic survey (EBC16004)

Record last edited

Dec 3 2023 6:54PM