Monument record 0044500000 - BURN HILL

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Natural mound at Burn Hill, with Prehistoric human burials found in the early 20th century
  • SHINE: Natural mound at Burn Hill, used for burials in the late Prehistoric period

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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).

Sources (8)

  • ---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 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SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum.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. 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SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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.

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 - Intervention: (EBC11810)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14169)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13831)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 4:21PM

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