Monument record 0072700000 - 600YDS E OF LUFFIELD ABBEY

Summary

Possible Bronze Age barrow recorded in excavation, possibly a Saxon or medieval boundary marker

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Bronze Age bowl barrow (DBC8769)

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Type and Period (4)

  • BOUNDARY MARKER? (5th Century Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • (Alternate Type) BELL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Dimensions - Height 122cm, Radius 930cm.
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
TUMULUS OR BOUNDARY MOUND, C.45FT DIAMETER AT BASE, & ENCIRCLED BY SLIGHT DITCH. COUNTY BOUNDARY A FEW YARDS N OF MOUND (B1).
MARKED AT NGR (B2).
PRESUMED MIDDLE/LATE BRONZE AGE BARROW, EXCAVATED BY W F GRIMES. DITCH FILL OF SILT & GRAVEL. CHARCOAL: POSSIBLE CREMATION? (PLAN & DETAIL). NGR '670419' WRONG? (B3).


SP 670419 Bell-barrow 90ft in diameter, maximum height about 4 ft with ditch 15ft wide and 18 ins deep. Excavations of the NW quadrant in 1941 (see plan) revealed a disturbed central area consisting of an irregular lobed pit containing scraps of Md pottery. The filling of the disturbed area was mixed clay containing much finely broken charcoal which may have been derived from a Middle-Late BA cremation (B3).

NRHE insert 1997 (B4).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC28740 Serial: Society of Antiquaries of London. 1948. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1948. p27, 33.
  • <1>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. p170.
  • <2>SBC10333 Map: OS 1900 1:2500 MAP (COPY OF RELEVANT AREA FILED).
  • <3>SBC5937 Bibliographic reference: GRIMES W F 1960 EXCAVATION ON DEFENCE SITES,1939-1 945 PP245-247 & FIG 100.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 67920 41950 (point)
Civil Parish LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavatation: LUFFIELD PRIORY, LILLINGSTONE DAYRELL (EBC12325)

Record last edited

Jan 8 2026 1:49PM

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