Monument record 0044500000 - BURN HILL

Summary

Natural mound found in the early twentieth century to have been reused as late prehistoric burial mound

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Archaeological Notification Area: Natural mound at Burn Hill, with Prehistoric human burials found in the early 20th century (DBC9049)
SHINE: Natural mound at Burn Hill, used for burials in the late Prehistoric period (DBC8312)

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Type and Period (1)

MOUND (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Height 6m, Radius 43m.
SURVEYED 1849; SUBSEQUENTLY OPENED 1849 & FOUND TO BE NATURAL (B1).
EXCAVATED 1906: MOUND USED AS BARROW/BURIAL SITE: 2 SKELETONS (SEE01:000) & OTHER FINDS (00:001-005) (B2).
SITE SCHEDULED, JULY 1933, BUT DESCHEDULED DECEMBER 1992 (B6).
Photographs (B7).

(SP 77871316) Burn Hill (TI) Tumulus (NR) (B8).
An entirely natural mound, its top excavated by Cocks in 1906. In the same year prior to the excavation, two skeletons were discovered by gamekeepers while digging for badgers. One was extended with feet to the east, while the other was contracted. Finds inlcude a socketed iron spear-head, a bone pin, flints and scrapers. Three coins, two of Constantine the Great and one of Constantius II, and four small fragments of pseudo-Samian ware were the only evidence of the Roman period. An identical mound immediately to the S and known as Nitton or Pincushion Hill (probably SP 779130) was opened by Dr Lee in 1849 and proved to be natural (B2).
Prominent natural knolls with no evidence of barrows on their summits (B9).
SP 77881315. Descheduled 08-DEC-1992 (B10).
NRHE Insert 1999, update 2011 (B11).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (12)

---SBC17344 Aerial Photograph: 15/07/86. BCM A11/3/25. SP\778132. Yes.
<1>SBC10 Bibliographic reference: (SEE CAS 0446).
<2>SBC3065 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1907. 'EXPLORATION OF A NATURAL BARROW AT STONE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 9, Part 4 PP263-279. Vol 9.
<3>SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS.
<4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p293.
<5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<6>SBC13982 Scheduling record: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUME NTS,JULY 1933/ENGLISH HERITAGE,DEC 1992.
<7>SBC23490 Photograph: Michael Farley. 2008. Colour photographs of Burn Hil, Stone. Photo. Print.
<8>SBC27454 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. Ordnance Survey Map (6" /1960). Map.
<9>SBC28841 Verbal communication: N K Blood. Field Investigators Comments - F1 01-MAR-72.
<10>SBC28842 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1992. English Heritage scheduling amendment 08-DEC-1992, Ref. MPP25/ AA61006/1.
<11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 77870 13160 (point)
Civil Parish	STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

Event - Intervention: (EBC11791)
Event - Survey: (EBC14169)
Event - Intervention: Excavation: Burne Hill (EBC11810)
Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13831)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2026 11:21AM