Monument record 0037501000 - BARROW CROFT

Summary

Place-name evidence of Barrow Croft suggests site of Bronze Age round barrow

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

CINERARY URN FOUND AT FOOT OF WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A BARROW LEVELLED THROUGH LONG YEARS OF CULTIVATION (B1).
FIELD NAME 'BARROW CROFT' NOT KNOWN LOCALLY, BUT THIS FIELD SEEMS THE MOST LOGICAL SITUATION FOR BARROW OR BURIAL ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO TRACE (B8).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC14746 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROCEEDINGS 1889 2ND SERIES 12 PP338- 346 (J PARKER).
  • <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.

Location

Grid reference SU 88400 91300 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 22 2022 7:44PM

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