Monument record 0115900000 - N OF MARLOW

Summary

Post-medieval road earthworks identified on aerial photographs. Hollow way, now partly destroyed by later development.

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Type and Period (3)

  • ROAD (Post-Medieval to 19th Century - 1540 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1899 AD)
  • EARTHWORK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
EARTHWORK IDENTIFIED ON UNLOCATED AERIAL PHOTO 'AOCO 01732' AS GRIM'S DITCH? LINEAR FEATURE PROLONGS LINE OF ROAD TO NW & IS PROLONGED BY BOUNDARIES TO SE. COULD IT BE AN OLD ROAD LINE, MED? (B1). OLD ROAD FROM MARLOW TO NW, IN USE C19. SURVIVES AS HOLLOW WAY UP TO 1.4M DEEP. S END BUILT OVER (B2). Soilmark of substantial bank identified and sketch plotted for an aerial photo assessment in 1992 (B3).


Traces of bank and ditch visible on air photographs between SU 84348802 and 84658762. (B4)

The course of a hollow-way 1.4m deep with a slight counterscarp bank, 0.3m high on the uphill NE side. The south part is largely destroyed by a housing estate. (B5)

No features were observed or plotted in this area in the course of the Thames Valley NMP project. (B6).

NRHE Insert 1999 (B7)

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC11124 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 88 NW 14 (FILED).
  • <2>SBC10553 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR & MR W F WALLIN.
  • <3>SBC19588 Unpublished document: Rog Palmer (Air Photo Services). 1992. High Wycombe to Marlow: Aerial Photographic Assessment.
  • <4>SBC27672 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. Aerial photograph Aps (RAF) 106G/UK 1396 4157-4158 10.4.46.
  • <5>SBC27666 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 22-JUL-74.
  • <6>SBC27598 Verbal communication: Moraig Brown. 1993. RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment - Moraig Brown/08-MAR-1993/RCHME.
  • <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8449 8782 (312m by 401m)
Civil Parish GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2025 2:46PM

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