Monument record 0585000000 - NE OF HAMBLEDEN PLACE

Summary

Neolithic to Bronze Age ring-ditch seen on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Cropmark of a Prehistoric ring ditch (DBC8651)
  • SHINE: Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows NE of Hambleden Place (DBC8285)

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Type and Period (3)

  • RING DITCH (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • PIT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
SMALL RING SHOWING AS CROPMARK ON AP'S (B1). (SEE ALSO CASS 0789)


7884 7984 SU 78 SE Area centred SU 789847 HAMBLEDEN 2 circles. NMR 69 SU 7884/3/69. (B2)

No trace of circle SU 78858487 was found during field investigation (B3).

The "two circles" referred to by authority 1 are the remains of two possible Bronze Age round barrows which are visible as cropmarks and have been mapped from aerial photographs. Both are visible as ring ditches. One of the barrows is incomplete and has a central pit, possibly a burial pit, and has a diameter of 20m. It is centred at SU 7904 8479. The other barrow is defined by a broader ditch and has a diameter of 32m. It is centred at SU 7888 8470. A ditched boundary of unknown date, measuring 60m, is visible adjacent to this barrow. (Morph No.s TG.306.11.1-12.1)

This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (B4)

See also CAS 00789

Insert 1999 (B5)

Sources (7)

  • ---SBC18612 Aerial Photograph: 31/05/90. NMR SU7 84/27. SU\788849. Yes.
  • ---SBC18621 Aerial Photograph: 31/05/90. NMR SU7984/2. SU\791849. Yes.
  • <1>SBC12089 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FROM NMR A/P'S SU7884/27,SU7984/2,MAY 199 0 (COPIES AT BCM).
  • <2>SBC27520 Verbal communication: Moraig Brown. 1993. RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment. AF1232113.
  • <3>SBC27458 Bibliographic reference: Timothy Gates. 1975. The Middle Thames Valley : an archaeological survey of the river gravels.
  • <4>SBC27519 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 79055 84790 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC11884)

Record last edited

Jun 9 2025 4:21PM

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