Monument record 0803200000 - Church Hill and West Wycombe Hill, West Wycombe

Summary

Remains of possible Iron Age or Roman field system, surviving as earthworks

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (3)

  • CELTIC FIELD SYSTEM? (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • LYNCHET (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • TRACKWAY (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)

Description

Detailed earthwork survey carried out between April 2000 and June 2001 by English Heritage identified earthwork remains of a possible field system pre-dating the medieval and post-medieval field system. Lynchets and trackways survived to the northwest, east and south of the hillfort [CAS 2866]. See report for details (B1-3).
NGR to earthworks NW of hillfort.
Conservation management plan (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC19995 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. West Wycombe Park Buckinghamshire - Part 1: Site History and Introduction. 1.
  • <2>SBC19996 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. West Wycombe Park Buckinghamshire - Part II: The Earthwork Surveys. 2. pp71,85-86,91-92.
  • <3>SBC19998 Graphic material: English Heritage. 2000. West Wycombe Park: detailed plans of Pleasure Grounds, Wider Parkland and Church Hill. 1:2500. Fig 18.
  • <4>SBC23229 Unpublished document: Parklands Consortium Ltd. 2008. West Wycombe Park: Historic Landscape Management Plan.

Location

Grid reference SU 8244 9534 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Detailed topographic survey and background research (EBC16386)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2008 3:48PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.