Monument record 0037300000 - W OF BENJAMINS FOOTPATH

Summary

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

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Type and Period (2)

ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)
(Alternate Type) ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT? (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).

(SU 86889364) Supposed Site of (NAT) Camp (NR) (B7).

"Above the church, (High Wycombe) about two furlongs distant, is a Celtic or British fortification, called Mawtrim's or Mamuck's Well, afterwards called Malmer's Well, about three hundred yards from the Castle Hill, (SU 89 SE 15) lying on the north side; it is round with entrances on the north and south sides, and is bounded on the east and partly on the north, by the ancient British road, called Crendon Lane."

Presumably the "supposed site of Camp" shown on Parker's map at SU 86889364. However this does not agree with Willis's dimensions which would bring it within the area of the present cemetery - SU 868935 (B1 and B9).

Area indicated falls with High Wycombe cemetery: No further information except that the Iron Age storage pit (SU 89 SE 9) could have been part of this work. (B8)

Sources (10)

<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SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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.
<7>SBC10329 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. OS 1900 1:10560 2ND EDITION MAP. 1:10560.
<8>SBC27868 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 01-AUG-74.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
<9>SBC28068 Verbal communication: MSS Browne Willis (Bodleian). Comments from MSS Browne Willis.

Location

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

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Record last edited

Sep 2 2025 12:55PM