Monument record 0086400000 - BURROW FARM, HAMBLEDEN

Summary

Possible Neolithic enclosure suggested by local knowledge, but probably the scarp of a trackway

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Type and Period (1)

  • ENCLOSURE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)

Description

RECTOR (REV A H STANTON) NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE OUTLINES OF A CAMP AT BURROW. NAME SUGGESTIVE, & FLINT IMPLEMENTS FOUND (B1).
NO MORE INFO, BUT ABOVE POSSIBLY REFERS TO SCARP & SLIGHT HOLLOW WHERE TRACK RAN BY FORMER FIELD BOUNDARY, BEFORE ENTERING STEEP RE-ENTRANT AT SU 7963 8551 (B2).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p47.
  • <2>SBC11097 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 78 NE 20 & 26 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC6051 Bibliographic reference: HAMBLEDEN MUSEUM LOAN COLLECTION (MATERIAL LISTED BY G LAMB & M E FARLEY, 1978).
  • <4>SBC17096 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J J & BONSALL C J 1977 GAZETTEER OF MESOLITH IC/UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITES IN ENGLAND & WALES, C.
  • <5>SBC10409 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6 INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <6>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.

Location

Grid reference SU 79600 85600 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 7:47PM

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