Monument record 0540600000 - NORTH OF BLEDLOW RIDGE

Summary

Possible medieval field lynchets recorded in aerial photography

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • LYNCHET (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - Linear.
Possible lynchets noted by Major G Allen in 1937 (B1).
Probable lynchets visible on RAF aerial photos centred at NGR, with other possible vestiges to E & SE (B2).
No visible remains of lynchets in the vicinity. The hill slope has obviously been fairly recently ploughed, although now under pasture (B3).

Sources (7)

  • ---SBC18923 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF 67.2042. SU\805984. Yes.
  • ---SBC18924 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF 67.2043. SU\801984. Yes.
  • ---SBC18925 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF 67.2044. SU\796984. Yes.
  • <1>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p147.
  • <2>SBC54 Verbal communication: A R PIKE FROM AP1-3.
  • <3>SBC44 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1984. Pers Comm, following field visit, August 1984.
  • <4>SBC3089 Article in serial: Mark Collard & Jonathan Parkhouse. 1995. 'A BELGIC/ROMANO-BRITISH CEMETERY AT BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 35 p74. Vol 35.

Location

Grid reference SU 79600 98400 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Field visit (EBC18940)

Record last edited

May 13 2026 3:10PM

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