Monument record 0125602000 - GALLOWS HILL, IVINGHOE

Summary

Possible site of medieval to post-medieval gallows from place-name evidence

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • GALLOWS? (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 1040 cm Height 0150
Plan Form - OVOID
CRIMINALS FROM IVINGHOE WERE EXECUTED AT A PLACE CALLED GALLOWS KNOT (B1).
A SMALL CIRCULAR MOUND CALLED 'GALLOWS HILL' (B2).
A SPOT, NO DOUBT, WHERE OFFENDERS AGAINST THE FOREST LAWS WERE EXECUTED (B3).
OTHERWISE DESCRIBED AS A BARROW (B5).

Sources (7)

  • ---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SBC5959 Unpublished document: F G Gurney. 1912.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.

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

Jul 29 2011 4:45PM

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