Monument record 0544700000 - SW OF MAINSHILL

Summary

Possible site of spring and Saxon boundary marker

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  • Planning Notification Area: Possible site of Saxon well or boundary marker

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Type and Period (1)

  • BOUNDARY MARKER (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

POSSIBLE SITE OF MERWELL (MERWILLE) MENTIONED IN UPPER WINCHENDON BOUNDARY CHARTER OF AD 1004. HOW FAR UP HILL WAS BOUNDARY SPRING IN 1004? SMALL NOTCH IN 30O FT CONTOUR SUGGESTS SP743126 BUT BOUNDARY ITSELF HAS KINK AT SP742127. THERE IS STILL A WELL ABOUT 300 YARDS SE OF THIS POINT (B1-3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC780 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1972. 'BOUNDARIES OF OVER WINCHENDON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 19. Vol 19. p171.
  • <2>SBC13677 Bibliographic reference: M Reed. 1979. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ANGLO SAXON CHARTER BOUNDARIES', IN GELLING M 'EARLY CHARTERS OF THE THAMES VALLEY'. pp182-184.
  • <3>SBC9919 Verbal communication: 1984. NGR REVISED BY A R PIKE, DEC 1984.

Location

Grid reference SP 74400 12600 (point)
Civil Parish UPPER WINCHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2024 4:22PM

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