Monument record 0572300000 - COOMBE HILL, ELLESBOROUGH

Summary

Late prehistoric bank and ditch recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of probable Prehistoric cross dyke on Coombe Hill (DBC9583)

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Type and Period (2)

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 2500 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) CROSS DYKE? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0130 m
Plan Form - LINEAR
DITCH AVERAGES 8.5M ACROSS, 0.7M DEEP WITH ERODED BANK ON N SIDE. RUNS DIRECTLY UP SLOPE, FROM BOTTOM TO HALFWAY UP, BENDING TO S AT E END. TERMINATES WHERE SLOPE IS VERY STEEP. BOTTOM END CUT BY TRACK. PERHAPS PART OF A BANK & DITCH ONCE EXTENDING ACROSS VALLEY & A TRIBAL BOUNDARY? (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC8261 Unpublished document: W L Mathews. 1989. NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: COOMBE HILL & LOW SCRUB P10 (SITE 150237).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8472 0688 (130m by 10m)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14398)

Record last edited

Aug 1 2018 11:38AM

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