Monument record 0001101000 - BACOMBE HILL,W OF CHURCH

Summary

Possible site of beacon of uncertain date suggested by place-name evidence

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Two Neolithic to Bronze Age Barrows on Bacombe Hill

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Type and Period (1)

  • BEACON (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

NAME BACKHAM HILL POPULARLY SUPPOSED TO BE A CORRUPTION OF BEACON HILL BEING ANCIENTLY USED FOR LIGHTING BEACON AT TIME OF WAR (B1).
CERTAINLY HAS BEEN USED AS BEACON (B3).
PROBABLE BARROW SUBSEQUENTLY USED AS BEACON STATION (B5).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC7603 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 P481.
  • <3>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p79.
  • <5>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p26.

Location

Grid reference SP 86170 07140 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14156)

Record last edited

Jun 3 2022 6:30PM

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