Monument record 0707600000 - Burnham Beeches
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (5)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- TRACKWAY (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
Description
Sixteen features thought to date to the Iron Age were identified during a woodland survey at Burnham Beeches, mostly comprising a series of parallel ditches aligned northeast-southwest. See report for details (B1).
Trial trenching carried out in September 2019 by Chilterns Conservation Board's Beacons of the Past Project and community archaeology volunteers across one of the linear bank and ditch earthworks confirmed the presence of a ditch 3m wide and 0.9m deep with gently sloping sides and concave base and the remains of a bank 1.7m wide and 0.5-0.8m high on the SE side of the ditch. No dating evidence was recovered, although Lidar data clearly idicates that the earthwork is later that the Scheduled hillfort of Seven Ways Plain. See report for detail (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23849 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2010. Desk-Based Assessment & Field Survey: Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common.
- <2>SBC25488 Unpublished document: Chilterns Conservation Board. 2020. Lord Mayor's Drive, Burnham Beeches: Archaeological Evaluation Report.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 95217 85104 (1094m by 1282m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (2)
- BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- PIPE (SMOKING) (17th Century to Civil War - 1610 AD to 1640 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Trial trench excavation (Ref: BBLMD19) (EBC18337)
- Event - Survey: Woodland survey (reconnaissance) (Ref: BBS 1242) (EBC17381)
Record last edited
Aug 21 2021 12:11AM
