Monument record 0572100000 - LOW SCRUBS,ELLESBOROUGH

Summary

Possible Iron Age or Roman enclosure recorded on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Undated rectangular earthwork enclosure at Low Scrubs

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Type and Period (1)

  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0077 m Width 0063
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
RECTANGULAR AREA ENCLOSED BY DITCH 5.6M WIDE, 0.6M DEEP. TRACES OF ERODED BANK ON INSIDE EDGE. NO APPARENT ENTRANCE. SHORT LENGTH OF LOW BANK EXTENDS 25M INTO INTERIOR FROM E SIDE 25-30M FROM SE CORNER. FOR STOCK KEEPING? PERHAPS IA/RB (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC8262 Unpublished document: W L Mathews. 1989. NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: COOMBE HILL & LOW SCRUBS P14 (SITE 150247).
  • <2>SBC23675 Unpublished document: M Farley. 2010. Enlosure in Low Scrubs Wood, Ellesborough.

Location

Grid reference SP 85560 06180 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14398)
  • Event - Survey: Enclosure in Low Scrubs Wood, Ellesborough (EBC17310)

Record last edited

Aug 1 2018 11:48AM

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