Monument record 0574200000 - NEAR DRAYTON WOOD

Summary

Nineteenth or twentieth century dene hole found during a wet summer near Drayton Wood

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • DENE HOLE (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
SHAFT OF CHALK WELL: APPEARED 1988 AFTER A LONG WET SUMMER. SHOWED SIGNS OF HAND DIGGING WITH SPADES. ABOUT 8-10FT IN CIRCUMFERENCE. MR HUMPHREYS' FATHER EARNED A LIVING DIGGING SHAFTS. NOW INFILLED (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC1745 Verbal communication: N Blomfield. 1990. BLOMFIELD N PERS COMM TO FARLEY M E NOV 1990.

Location

Grid reference SP 92230 07760 (point)
Civil Parish CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12174)

Record last edited

May 22 2009 11:49AM

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