Monument record 0125600000 - GALLOWS HILL, IVINGHOE

Summary

Mound of probable late prehistoric date but reused as gallows place, recorded in field survey

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Ancient Monument 1009551: BOWL BARROW ON GALLOWS HILL 180M SOUTH-EAST OF BEACON LODGE
Planning Notification Area: Complex of Prehistoric hillfort, barrows and other earthworks on Ivinghoe Hill

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Type and Period (1)

MOUND (Early Neolithic to Post-Medieval - 4000 BC to 1798 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 1040 cm Height 0150
Plan Form - OVOID
MOUND, DESCRIBED AS A ROUND BARROW (B5) & A GALLOWS PLACE (B1,2,3).
DESCRIBED IN 1912 AS APPROX EGG-SHAPED, WITH SMALLER END EASTWARDS; LENGTH 37 PACES, GREATEST BREADTH C 24 (B4).
IN 1977, WAS VERY DISTURBED BY CONCRETE, PIPING &C; 21.7M DIAMETER, C1. 5M HIGH (B7).
USED AS GUN EMPLACEMENT, WWII? (B6).

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---SBC17228 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. BCM 00/000. SP\968170. Yes.
---SBC17542 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. BCM A5/6. SP\967168. Yes.
<1>SBC5596 Bibliographic reference: GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1812 PT1 PP209-210.
<2>SBC6921 Bibliographic reference: KELKE WH 1857 DESECRATED CHURCHES IN BUCKS, IN RECSOFBUCKS"1P190".
<3>SBC14447 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP676, 695.
<4>SBC5959 Unpublished document: F G Gurney. 1912. NOTES ON EATON BRAY VOLS III & IIII.
<5>SBC4465 Article in serial: James Dyer. 1959. 'BARROWS OF THE CHILTERNS', IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 116 P16.
<6>SBC10055 Bibliographic reference: OLD BCM RECORD CARD (NOT RETAINED) &CN GOWING (BCM ).
<7>SBC8338 Bibliographic reference: MEF & ARP 1977(APRIL) FIELD VISIT.
<8>SBC4642 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
<9>SBC19858 Unpublished document: Angus Wainright. 1993. Correspondence with regard to human bone fragments found on Gallows Hill.

Location

Grid reference	SP 96920 17080 (point)
Civil Parish	IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire