Monument record 0880400000 - DOWNLEY COMMON

Summary

Site of fomer pit and brick kiln known from eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century records

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) BRICKEARTH PIT (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Former Type) BRICK KILN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD?)

Description

'HOLLOW' SHOWN ON 6IN OS 1ST EDITION (SHEET 42, SURVEYED 1880); 25IN OS 1ST EDITION (SHEET 42.9, SURVEYED 1876); 6IN OS (89NW, SURVEYED 1930S); MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BEACONSFIELD (SHERLOCK & NOBLE, 1922, 36) [B1] 'BRICK KILN' SHOWN ON MANORIAL MAP FOR WEST WYCOMBE (1767) [REF: DOWNLEY COMMON PROJECT; CHILTERN ARCHAEOLOGY]

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D2439.

Location

Grid reference SU 84871 95751 (point)
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 14 2005 11:57AM

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