Monument record 0062700000 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Early Bronze Age round barrow recorded in excavation in the 1930s and found to have had one central Early Bronze Age inhumation, two Late Bronze Age cremations and pits and two inhumations and five to six cremations of an early Saxon date inserted into the mound, which was disturbed in the seventeenth century

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Ancient Monument 1009353: BOWL BARROW ON 'THE COP' HILL, 270M NORTH OF THICKTHORNE WOOD TRIG PILLAR
Planning Notification Area: Prehistoric barrow with later burials, excavated in 1930s

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ROUND BARROW (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 9m, Height 2m.
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
BOWL BARROW, NO DITCH, ERECTED EBA, OVER CENTRAL INHUMATION. SUBSEQUENTLY USED FOR 2 LBA CREMATIONS & OTHER RITUAL PITS WITH ANIMAL BONE, & 2 INHUMATIONS & 5-6 CREMATIONS OF EARLY-MID SAXON PERIOD. CENTRAL PART OF BARROW REMOVED C17 & REDEPOSITED, INCLUDING PRIMARY BURIAL (B1-6).
WAS BARROW, IN FACT, SAXON, NOT BA? (B15).

Sources (17)

<1>SBC6205 Article in serial: J F Head (with contributions from W F Grimes, F G Parsons, F C Fraser, A S Kennard & J Cecil Mary). 1938. 'THE EXCAVATION OF THE COP ROUND BARROW, BLEDLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP313-351. Vol 13, part 5.
<2>SBC10702 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 70 SE 13 (FILED).
<3>SBC14022 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
<4>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp18,32,41,54,97,146-147.
<5>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p314.
<6>SBC6673 Bibliographic reference: J F HEAD NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOS & SITE ARCHIVE (GIVEN BY HIS WIDOW IN MARCH 1984, FILED).
<7>SBC6892 Article in serial: 1941. KEILLER A, PIGGOTT S & WALLIS F S 1941 'THE PETROLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF STONE AXES', IN PPS 7 (NEW SERIES) P58. Vol 7.
<8>SBC2750 Index: CBA PETROLOGICAL CARD BU 6 (FILED).
<9>SBC3344 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H (BCM) APRIL 1988.
<10>SBC3343 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H (BCM) 1984 (NOTE FILED)/MDA CARD AYBCM: 105 X 57 (CF O'CONNO-R B 1980 LATER BRONZE AGE, .
<11>SBC5713 Graphic material: Alex Gibson (Leicester University). 1978. DRAWINGS OF BEAKER POTTERY.
<12>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
<13>SBC1916 Article in serial: BRITNELL W J 1976 ANTLER CHEEKPIECES OF THE BRITISH LATE BRONZE AGE, IN ANTIQUARIESJOURNAL56PP24-34".
<14>SBC7100 Bibliographic reference: KING DR C E (ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD) OCT 1983/BCM COIN CATALOGUE.
<15>SBC4763 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1992. 'THE COP ROUND BARROW AT BLEDLOW: PREHISTORIC OR SAXON?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 34 PP11-13. Vol 34.
<16>SBC3381 Verbal communication: DAMANT C (BCC COUNTRYSIDE OFFICER) TO FARLEY M E (BCM) DECEMBER 1994 PERS COMM (CORRESPONDENCE & .
<17>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p180.

Location

Grid reference	SP 77330 01090 (point)
Civil Parish	BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Intervention: (EBC10021)

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Nov 23 2024 1:17PM