Monument record 0969100000 - Possible artificial channel

Summary

Possible artificial channel created by gravel extraction

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Type and Period (1)

  • GRAVEL PIT? (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

This looks highly artificial with the lower lying watery expanse being about 400m long and 60m wide. Apparently created by the extraction of fluvio-glacial gravels by the Metropolitan railway company for their construction programme (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.

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Grid reference SU 91787 99143 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 11:31AM

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