Monument record 0665400000 - Pollards Wood

Summary

Earthwork mound of unknown date in Pollards Wood, possibly a barrow or mill mound.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthwork mound of Prehistoric barrow or Medieval windmill (DBC9426)

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Type and Period (3)

  • BARROW? (Unknown date)
  • WINDMILL MOUND? (Unknown date)
  • MOUND (Unknown date)

Description

Possible barrow in Pollards Wood. Subsatantial mound with slightly flattened, partly dished top. Mound about 20m in diameter with ditch around c.3m wide 0.5m deep but deeper in parts, possibly absent /infilled on N side. In Scots pine plantation. Possibly a mill mound in view of possible ditch break (?causeway) (B1).
Mound visible on LiDAR survey; NGR corrected.

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19463 Unpublished document: Michael Farley. 2000. Notes made following site visit..

Location

Grid reference SU 99320 95622 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC15957)

Record last edited

Sep 9 2022 10:30AM

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