Monument record 0000900000 - N OF MOLINS WORKS

Summary

Remains of Neolithic to Bronze Age barrow, partly excavated in 1858

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013954: BOWL BARROW 140M WNW OF SLOUGH GLEBE FARM, PART OF THE SAUNDERTON LEE ROUND BARROW CEMETERY
  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmarks of Prehistoric barrow cemetery
  • SHINE: Saunderton series of Neolithic to Bronze Age barrow cropmarks

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  • ROUND BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 18m.
Plan Form - Circular.
1 of 2 barrows, opened 1858 (B1-3).
Ploughed down, but apparently inviolate. Clearly visible in rape crop as rise of 0.5m (1950). Sscheduled (B4).
Slight traces of ditch visible as ring of darker soil on N arc (B5).
Barrow denuded by heavy ploughing. Ditch indistinguishable (B6).
Plotted from APs (B7-8).
Included in English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Condition described as 'Extensive significant problems ie under plough, collapse' with the principal vulnerability from arable ploughing and trend as declining. Assessed as priority category A: no action/strategy identified or agreed (B9-20).

Sources (20)

  • <1>SBC2217 Article in serial: BURGESS W J 1848 ANTIQUITIES OF THE CHILTERN HILLS RECSOFBUCKS1P22"".
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p910.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p277.
  • <4>SBC14026 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <5>SBC11142 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 89 NW 09 (PART)(FILED AT CAS 5649).
  • <6>SBC4827 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) 6 OCT 1972 FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC3469 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979?. 1:2500 PLOT (PAPER-STRIP METHOD) FROM AP'S (PLOT FILED).
  • <8>SBC2559 Bibliographic reference: CASS 05649.
  • <9>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p30.
  • <10>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p25.
  • <11>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <12>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p8.
  • <13>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <14>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
  • <15>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019. p133.
  • <16>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <17>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <18>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <19>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.
  • <20>SBC26954 Digital archive: Historic England. 2024. Heritage at Risk Register 2024.

Location

Grid reference SU 80720 98760 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 4:21PM

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