Monument record 0078900000 - 150M NNE OF HAMBLEDEN PLACE

Summary

Neolithic to Bronze Age ring-ditch seen on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Cropmarks of a Prehistoric ring ditch (DBC9302)
  • SHINE: Cropmarks of Bronze Age barrows NE of Hambleden Place (DBC8285)

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Type and Period (3)

  • RING DITCH (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • ROUND BARROW (Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 2600 BC to 700 BC)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 20m.
Plan Form - Circular.
Cropmarks of two circles. Circle (1 of 2) plotted (B1).
No trace of circle SU 78858487 was found on the ground. Only an arc of dark soil is plainly visible on APs. Computed diameter, assuming the arc continues, is over 50m (B2,B4).
Ring visible on AP plotted at 1:2,500 (NMR method). Other marks in field are probably geological (but see CASS 05850)(B3).

The 'two circles' referred to by source 1 are the remains of two possible Bronze Age round barrows which are visible as cropmarks and have been mapped from aerial photographs. Both are visible as ring ditches. One of the barrows is incomplete and has a central pit, possibly a burial pit, and has a diameter of 20m. It is centred at SU 7904 8479. The other barrow is defined by a broader ditch and has a diameter of 32m. It is centred at SU 7888 8470. A ditched boundary of unknown date, measuring 60m, is visible adjacent to this barrow. (Morph No.s TG.306.11.1-12.1)(B5).
Insert 1999 (B6)

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC18551 Aerial Photograph: 21/07/69. NMR SU 7884/4/74. SU\789846. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18621 Aerial Photograph: 31/05/90. NMR SU7984/2. SU\791849. Yes.
  • <1>SBC27458 Bibliographic reference: Timothy Gates. 1975. The Middle Thames Valley : An Archaeological Survey of the River Gravels. p42, Map 21.
  • <2>SBC11224 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU78 SE35,SEPT 1980 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC12336 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. AP PLOT (FILED).
  • <4>SBC27519 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments- F1 JRL 29-JUL-74.
  • <5>SBC13178 Unpublished document: RCHM(E). 1995. The Thames Valley Project: a Report for the National Mapping Programme. AF1232113.
  • <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 78880 84706 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC1191)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14205)

Record last edited

May 17 2026 1:51PM

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