Monument record 0117100000 - W OF MEDMENHAM ABBEY

Summary

Two Bronze Age ring-ditches seen on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmark of two Prehistoric ring ditches (DBC9542)

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Type and Period (1)

  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

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).

Sources (9)

  • ---SBC17680 Aerial Photograph: 02/07/62. CUC AFW 12. SU\801838. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17681 Aerial Photograph: 02/07/62. CUC AFW 13. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC18622 Aerial Photograph: 21/07/69. NMR SU8083/1/72. SU\800836. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18623 Aerial Photograph: 21/07/69. NMR SU8083/1/73. SU\801839. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18624 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR SU8083/2/228. SU\803838. Yes.
  • <1>SBC5580 Bibliographic reference: GATES T 1975 MIDDLE THAMES VALLEY: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE RIVER GRAVELS P42 & MAP 23.
  • <2>SBC11131 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 88 SW 23, AUG 1974 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC3475 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. AP PLOT AT 1:2500 (NMR METHOD) FROM AP1-4 (FILED).
  • <4>SBC72 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE, FROM AP5..

Location

Grid reference SU 80100 83950 (point)
Civil Parish MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11906)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC11915)

Record last edited

Jul 4 2018 7:01PM

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