Monument record 0587300000 - DRUID'S MOUNT,CRAWLEY WOOD

Summary

Possible barrow of unknown date recorded in field survey and said to have contained some human bones

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROUND BARROW? (Undated)

Description

AT TOP OF A HILL CALLED DRUID'S MOUNT, SOME LARGE-SIZED BONES WERE DUG OUT OF A TUMULUS SOME YEARS BACK (1.E,PRE-1812); NEAR WHICH STANDS CRAWLEY WOOD. IT IS A LARGE CIRCLE OF BEECH TREES & OWNED BY THE EARL OF BRIDGEWATER (BI1). NGR TO CRAWLEY WOOD(BI2)
No suggestion of the mound was identified during the 2015 survey, nor could the identifying 'circle of Beach Trees' be located [National Trust SMR 1574160]
May relate to newly found barrow CAS 07838 [NT SMR 154112] (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC5602 Bibliographic reference: GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE LIBRARY 1891 ENGLISH TOPOGRAP HY 1 BUCKS P303 (FROM GENT'S MAG 1812 PT 1 PP315-.
  • <2>SBC11050 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP91 NE1,OCT 1970.
  • <3>SBC24630 Bibliographic reference: Oxford Archaeology & Gary Marshall. 2015. Archaeological Survey of the Ashridge Estate: Volume V - Area D Clipper Down, Crawley Wood & Down Farm (East), Duncombe Farm, Stocks Farm, Wards Hurst Farm (South).

Location

Grid reference SP 96400 15100 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14160)

Record last edited

Sep 21 2020 6:53AM

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