Monument record 0660900000 - N of Little Horwood

Summary

Possible barrow of unknown date and location known from place-name evidence as Shucklow.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • MOUND (Unknown date)
  • MOOT? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • BARROW? (Unknown date)

Description

Possible mound mentioned as placename Shucklow in Little Horwood. From Scuccanhlau - the barrow of the demon or evil spirit. NGR based purely on documentary and cartographic evidence and has no precise location (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC764 Article in serial: Arnold Baines. 1980. 'THE WINSLOW CHARTER OF 792 & THE BOUNDARIES OF GRANBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 22 PP1-17. Vol 22. p14-16.
  • <2>SBC19034 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1997. 'Buckslow at Swanbourne and other Saxon Mound Names in Buckinghamshire', in Recs of Bucks 39 pp59-62. Vol 39. pp60, 61.

Location

Grid reference SP 79 32 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2020 5:59PM

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