Monument record 0110701000 - WING(AT NGR)

Summary

Roman or Saxon barrow possibly used as boundary marker in tenth century

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  • None recorded

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

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
MOUND MAY HAVE BEEN 1 OF THE 7 BURIAL MOUNDS MENTIONED IN LINSLADE CHARTER, AD966 (B9).
WAS KNOWN AS ROUNDHILL, BUT EARLIER AS HAWKESLOWE, WHICH DENOTES SAXON BURIAL MOUND OR MEETING PLACE. EXCAVATED AHEAD OF ROAD WIDENING; PRODUCED 1 ?C1 AD SHERD (B3).
MOUND HAD DISAPPEARED BY 1977 (B6).

Sources (3)

  • <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.
  • <6>SBC27304 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM, MARCH 1977, FOLLOWING SITE VISIT.
  • <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 11:22AM

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