Monument record 0116802000 - BURY DENE, MEDMENHAM
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- CEMETERY? (Undated)
- HUMAN REMAINS? (Undated)
Description
[CITING RAWLINSON MS B.263mp359, BODLEIAN LIBRARY] IN A VALE BETWEEN THE 2 CAMPS OF MEDMENHAM IS A DOWN CALLED BURY DOWN WHERE BONES ARE FOUND & ARMOUR HATH BEEN PLOWED UP, PARTICULARLY WHERE THE CASTLE STOOD & SEVERAL PAVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. NOW A PLANTATION CALLED BURY DENE, N OF THE MARLOW ROAD (B14).
NO FURTHER INFORMATION (B5).
Plaisted, writing of the two Medmenham hillforts (SU 88 SW : 15 & 16) quotes informatioon derived from David Dicconson, vicar of Medmenham (1690-1716) as saying "In a vale between them is a down called Bury Down, where bones are found and armour hath been ploughed up, particularly in the Field where the Castle (SU 88 SW 17) stood, and several sorts of pavement have been discovered" (B30)
Bury Down is now a plantation above the meadow north of the road to Marlow, extending up to the Hermitage Plot, and is known as Bury Dene. (B6)
No further information regarding the location of the finds, and no further discoveries made. (B27)
NRHE update 1999 (B23)
Sources (6)
- <5>SBC11403 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS SU 88 SW 13,16,18..
- <6>SBC12297 Bibliographic reference: A H Plaisted. 1958. 'ROMANCE OF A CHILTERN VILLAGE' PP26-27 & PLAN OPP P8.
- <14>SBC12292 Bibliographic reference: A H Plaisted. 1925. MANOR & PARISH RECORDS OF MEDMENHAM PP55-56.
- <23>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
- <27>SBC27487 Verbal communication: Norman Keith Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F2 NKB 24-JUL-74.
- <30>SBC27784 Unpublished document: Externally held archive reference -Rawlinson MS B 263 p 359.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 807 847 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- ARMOUR (Undated)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Aug 6 2025 3:24PM
