Monument record 0125600000 - GALLOWS HILL, IVINGHOE

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • 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 1040cm, Height 150cm.
Plan Form - Ovoid.
Mound, described as a round barrow (B5) & a gallows place (B1-3).
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 a gun emplacement, in WWII? (B6).

Sources (11)

  • ---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>SBC6899 Article in serial: Rev W Hastings Kelke. 1856. 'THE DESECRATED CHURCHES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - PART 4: DEANERY OF MURSLEY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 1 PP187-192. Vol 1, part 5. p190.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. 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SBC5959 Unpublished document: F G Gurney. 1912.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SBC19858 Unpublished document: Angus Wainright. 1993.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

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1399)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 4:29PM

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