Monument record 0103800000 - DIAL HILL

Summary

Earthwork mound of possible Roman date investigated in the nineteenth and mid-twentieth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Undated earthwork mound, probably a prehistoric or Roman barrow or Medieval motte (DBC9150)
  • Scheduled Monument 1017512: DIAL HILL ROMAN BARROW, 50M NORTH WEST OF ST NICHOLAS'S CHURCH (DBC7173)

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Type and Period (1)

  • MOUND (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 10m, Height 3m.
Plan Form - Circular.
Supposed tumulus. Sundial stood on it (B2).
1887 opened by vicar, Romano-British pottery found (B3-4).
Traditionally Civil War connection (B5).
c.1950 further digging by owner. Nothing found. Mound composed mostly of chalk (B9).
Scheduled Monument SAM 29405 (B10).

(SP 8250 0599) Dial Hill (NAT) (B11).
A mound, probably a tumulus, west of Great Kimble Church. In good condition, it is 85ft in diameter at the base, and is 8ft high (B6).
A large round barrow, possibly of Ro date, at SP 82500599, measures 20.0m in diameter and is 3.0m in height. There are no traces of a ditch. There is a deep central excavation crater and an old spoil heap against the SW side; under pasture and small bushes. Resurveyed at 1:2500 (B12).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (B13).

Sources (13)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p166.
  • <2>SBC13316 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1887 6 P76.
  • <3>SBC8008 Bibliographic reference: LUCY KINGHAM SCRAPBOOK (BCM 248.1912), ENTRY UNDER GREAT KIMBLE.
  • <4>SBC14745 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROCEEDINGS 1889 2ND SERIES 12 P340.
  • <5>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p80.
  • <6>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. pp168-169.
  • <7>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <8>SBC5768 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N 1968.
  • <9>SBC9290 Bibliographic reference: MR DAVIES TO FARLEY M E NOV 1973.
  • <10>SBC23977 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1997. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <11>SBC27454 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. Ordnance Survey Map (6" /1960). Map.
  • <12>SBC29054 Verbal communication: A S Phillips. 1972. Field Investigator Comments - F1 ASP 23-FEB-72.
  • <13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 82496 05985 (27m by 26m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation: Dial Hill (EBC11799)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2026 12:43PM

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