Monument record 0060101000 - KEEP HILL, CHEPPING WYCOMBE

Summary

Keep Hill site thought to be an Iron Age hillfort is probably a medieval hollow-way

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

THE 'MONUMENT' IS DEFINITELY NOTHING MORE THAN A HOLLOW WAY, WITH THE 'DITCH' CUTTING ACROSS THE CONTOUR & HEADING DOWNHILL TOWARDS WYCOMBE ABBEY (B15).
MONUMENT DESCHEDULED MAY 1988 (B17).
2 OF A SERIES OF HOLLOW WAYS TRAVERSING SLOPES OF KEEP HILL. MAIN 'HOLLOW' WAY BECOMES A TERRACEWAY NEAR WYCOMBE ABBEY (B12).

Sources (4)

  • <12>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <14>SBC13980 Scheduling record: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUME NTS,AUG 1962.
  • <15>SBC5744 Verbal communication: 1980. CHARLES GORDON (DOE FIELD WARDEN), MIKE FARLEY & ANDREW PIKE (BCM), NOV 1980, FIELD VISIT.
  • <17>SBC6195 Unpublished document: 1988. HBMC CORRESPONDENCE, MAY 1988.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8734 9203 (90m by 130m)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13822)

Record last edited

May 19 2015 7:47AM

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