Monument record 0037300000 - W OF BENJAMINS FOOTPATH

Summary

Possible Iron Age enclosure known from historic documents but not visible on field visit

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
DR WILLIS MENTIONS CELTIC OR BRITISH FORTIFICATION, MAWTRIM'S OR MAMUCK'S WELL, LATER MALMER'S WELL (B1).
AT SU8688 9364 ON PARKER'S MAP BUT THIS DOES NOT AGREE WITH WILLIS'S DIMENSIONS (B6).
OS MARKS 'CAMP (SUPPOSED SITE OF)' AT NGR (B2).
POSS 2 EARTHWORKS (B4).
NO VISIBLE REMAINS CEMETERY LANDSCAPING (B5).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC11514 Bibliographic reference: PARKER J 1878 EARLY HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF WYCOM BE P4.
  • <2>SBC10127 Map: OS 1874/83 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p155.
  • <4>SBC636 Bibliographic reference: ASHFORD MR L J (ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL).
  • <5>SBC15039 Bibliographic reference: TAYLOR MR ROBERT T 1972.
  • <6>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.

Location

Grid reference SU 86880 93590 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 1:35PM

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