Monument record 0110700000 - WING (AT NGR)

Summary

Roman or Saxon mound destroyed in twentieth century road widening

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
MOUND WAS C 6FT HIGH & 30FT IN DIAMETER AT BASE, THOUGH PARTLY DESTROYED, 1913 (B2).
TOTAL 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 TO 'TUMULUS', MARKED ON OS MAP (B4).

Sources (9)

  • <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. 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SBC10750 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. 1955.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SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.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SBC15218 Unpublished document: C Unwin. 1981.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.

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 (EBC11609)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC18733)

Record last edited

Apr 24 2025 11:42AM

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