Monument record 0783301000 - West of Crawley Wood

Summary

Possible prehistoric semi-circular bank upto 10m high

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Late Bronze Age to 5th Century Roman - 1000 BC to 409 AD)
  • DITCH (Late Bronze Age to 5th Century Roman - 1000 BC to 409 AD)

Description

A substantial lynchet up to c 10m in height around a field shown on historic mapping as “Inkum Wyke”. It towers above the ditch below suggesting some form of deliberate cutting to to terrace the slope. The top also contains some very mature grown out coppice (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC24630 Bibliographic reference: Oxford Archaeology & Gary Marshall. 2015. Archaeological Survey of the Ashridge Estate: Volume V - Area D Clipper Down, Crawley Wood & Down Farm (East), Duncombe Farm, Stocks Farm, Wards Hurst Farm (South).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 96165 15172 (152m by 320m)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 18 2024 7:59AM

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