Monument record 0110700000 - WING (AT NGR)

Summary

Roman or Saxon mound destroyed in twentieth century road widening

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MOUND (1st Century Roman to Saxon - 43 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
Probable tumulus or boundary mound by the roadside 1100 yds NE of Wing Church; about 6ft high and 30ft in diameter. AT BASE, THOUGH PARTLY DESTROYED, 1913 (B2).
Excavated in 1954 for MOW prior to destruction for road widening, the mound consisted of local material containing unidentified pottery fragments, and one possible 1stc AD sherd at ground level suggesting a Roman, or more likely post-Roman date. The type of construction, and the field name - Hawkeslow, suggests that the mound was probably raised as a meeting placeTOTAL EMERGENCY EXCAVATION AHEAD OF ROAD WIDENING FOUND AN INTRUSIVE PIT & 1 SHERD OF ?C1 AD POTTERY, SO, MOUND IS ROMAN/POST ROMAN? (B3).
MOUND HAD QUITE DISAPPEARED BY 1977 (B6).
NGR SP 88902297 TO 'TUMULUS', MARKED ON OS MAP (B4).

The site has been destroyed as stated above (B10).

Sources (11)

<1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p783.
<2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 2 North. Volume 2. p337.
<3>SBC17124 Article in serial: Alison Young. 1959. 'EXCAVATION OF A MOUND AT ASCOTT', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP48-49, 295-297. Vol 16, part 4. pp295-297.
<4>SBC10605 Map: OS MAP 1959 6IN (1:10560).
<5>SBC10750 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. 1955. OS RECORD CARD SP 82 SE 3 (FILED ).
<6>SBC27304 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM, MARCH 1977, FOLLOWING SITE VISIT.
<7>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
<8>SBC15218 Unpublished document: C Unwin. 1981. WING PARISH SURVEY (FILED, COPIES OF PLANS & DRAWINGS AT CAS 01107).
<9>SBC5591 Bibliographic reference: GELLING M 1979 EARLY CHARTERS OF THE THAMES VALLEY P175 (M REED, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ANGLO-SAXON CHARTER.
<10>SBC29232 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 17-JUN-73.
<11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 88890 22970 (point)
Civil Parish	WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Intervention: Rescue excavation of barrow in advance of road widening: ASCOTT, HAWKESLOW MOUND, WING (EBC11609)
Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC18733)

Record last edited

Feb 25 2026 1:04PM