Monument record 0117100000 - W OF MEDMENHAM ABBEY

Dimensions - Radius 0021 m Width 0002
Plan Form - ANNULAR
COMPLEX LINEAR & CURVILINEAR FEATURES, & SINGLE CIRCLE TO S. VISIBLE ON AP1-2. PLOTTED (B1).
NO TRACE ON GROUND. AP3-4 SHOWS ALL FEATURES EXCEPT CIRCLE APPEAR NATURAL SOIL MARKS. RING DITCH CENTRE AT SU 80038387. PLOTTED (B2).
PLOT AT 1:2500 (B3).
AP5 SHOWS FURTHER SQUARE WITH RING AT SE, SU802838 (B4).


SU 800836 Three ring ditches visible on air photographs (B5 and B9).

No trace on the ground. The situation is on a tongue of gravel in the Thames flood-plain. Examination of the photographs indicates only one ring ditch at SU 80038387; the others appear to be natural soil marks. This one measures about 42.0m in diameter between ditch centres, the ditch being about 2.0m wide. The eastern arc is overlaid by a modern hedge and it is impossible to determine whether there was an entrance. No distinctive marks occur within the interior. All measurements computed from air photograph. Plotted from air photograph (B6).

8083 8084 SU 88 SW Area centred SU 801840 MEDMENHAM

Small rectangular enclosure. Complex linear and curvilinear features. Single incomplete circle to S ST JOSEPH 62 AFW 12 (B7).

Of the features described by the previous authority two possible Bronze Age round barrows, and a boundary ditch of unknown date, are visible as cropmarks and have been mapped from aerial photographs. They are defined by ring ditches with diameters of 40m and 20m and are centred at SU 8001 8387 and SU 8019 8379. The boundary ditch is situated between the two barrows and is 40m long. It is not clear if there is any relationship between it and the round barrows. (Morph No.s TG.504.1.1-2.1) This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (B8)


NRHE Insert 1999, Update 1998, 2007 (B10).