Monument record 0110701000 - WING(AT NGR)

Summary

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

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Type and Period (1)

  • 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 (8)

  • <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 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 82 SE 3 (ON CAS FILE).
  • <7>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <8>SBC15218 Bibliographic reference: UNWIN C 1981 WING PARISH SURVEY (IN CAS FILE 4800; COPIES OF PLANS &DRAWINGS ON CAS FILE 1107).
  • <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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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11609)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13448)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2024 1:43PM

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