Monument record 0078200000 - THORNBOROUGH MOUNDS

Summary

Two Roman burial mounds, partly excavated in 1839-1840

Protected Status/Designation

Ancient Monument 1013959: TWO ROMAN BARROWS 200M ENE OF THORNBOROUGH BRIDGE
Planning Notification Area: Roman settlement at Thornborough Bridge
SHINE: Thornborough Roman settlement and trackway evidence from excavation, two burial mound earthworks and medieval ridge and furrow

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Type and Period (1)

BOWL BARROW (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
SCHEDULED: SAM 27138. 2 LARGE BOWL BARROWS. EAST BARROW 4M HIGH, 27.4M DIAMETER (B8). WEST BARROW 4.8M HIGH, 36.5M DIAMETER (IN C.1913)(B5). BOTH BARROWS OPENED 1839 & 1840; 1 HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ROBBED, OTHER HAD RICH CREMATION BURIAL. ROMAN ROADS FROM TOWCESTER, IRCHESTER & MAGIOVINIUM MEET NEARBY (B8). NGR TO SITE (B5). APs (B11-13). Sketch plan of medieval/post-medieval cultivation patterns surrounding mounds (B14).

Two barrows of Roman date are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as extant earthworks and were mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located approximately 230m east of Thornborough Bridge and centred at SP 73135 33252. Two prominent mounds are visible, in a field of medieval ridge and earthworks, measuring 40m and 30m across. A further earthwork, which has been affected by medieval ploughing, but is still visible on lidar visualisations, can be seen to the west of them both. It measures approximately 15m across and appears to be lower at the centre. The two barrows are Scheduled. (15-19)

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<1>SBC16670 Bibliographic reference: Brown Willis. 1755. WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQ...BUCKINGHAM P290.
<2>SBC7664 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 P115 (AN ACCOUNT OF EXCAVATIONS IN 1840).
<3>SBC13297 Article in serial: RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1859 2 P127; 1885 5 P355; 1954 16 PP 29-32.
<4>SBC14185 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P311.
<5>SBC12966 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P298.
<6>SBC1034 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 84.18.
<7>SBC10932 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SP73 SW 1.
<8>SBC13953 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
<9>SBC11834 Unpublished document: C W Philips (Ordnance Survey). 1955. PHILIPS C W October 1955 COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE.
<10>SBC4822 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1990. FARLEY M E (BCM) to JPP 1990 (5TH APRIL).
<11>SBC18766 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF vertical AP 14.3228. SP\737332. Yes.
<13>SBC17390 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1990. 1990 BCM oblique AP A14/7/8-10. SP\731332. Yes.
<14>SBC19244 Graphic material: David Went (English Heritage MPP Fieldworker). 1995. David Went 1995 Sketch plan of Thornborough Mounds.
<15>SBC26550 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/86 RV 6213 26-Mar-1946.
<16>SBC26551 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1380 RP 3077 09-Apr-1946.
<17>SBC26553 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1999. NMR/CAP/ZKNHN V 82 14-Jan-1999.
<18>SBC26560 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2010. NMR 26595_004 02-Mar-2010.
<19>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP7333 Environment Agency 1m DTM Composite 2017-2019 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.

Location

Grid reference	SP 73140 33250 (point)
Civil Parish	THORNBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (6)

Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
Event - Intervention: Antiquarian excavation (EBC11818)
Event - Intervention: Antiquarian excavation (EBC11819)
Event - Survey: Earthwork survey (EBC15778)
Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13823)
Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13831)

Record last edited

Oct 31 2023 2:23PM