Monument record 0011800000 - N OF MOLINS WORKS

Summary

Neolithic to Bronze Age ring-ditch seen on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013953: BELL BARROW 260M WNW OF SLOUGH GLEBE FARM, PART OF THE SAUNDERTON LEE BARROW CEMETERY
  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmarks of Prehistoric barrow cemetery
  • SHINE: Saunderton series of Neolithic to Bronze Age barrow cropmarks

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Type and Period (2)

  • ROUND BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • RING DITCH (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 26m.
Plan Form - Circular.
Large barrow levelled on Grange Farm c.1850 (B1).
Circular ditch visible on AP. Prob site of above barrow (B2).
Ring ditch clearly visible on sloping ground. Ditch is slightly concave loamy mark. Some dark soil: turf stack? (B3,B7).
?Bell barrow (B4).
Photo (B5).
Plotted at 1:2500 (B6).
See CASS 05649 (B8).
Scheduled (B9).
Included in English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Condition described as 'Extensive significant problems ie under plough, collapse' with the principal vulnerability from arable ploughing and trend as declining. Assessed as priority category A: no action/strategy identified or agreed (B10-21).

Sources (21)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p910.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp48, Fig 9,49,53; Fig 14.
  • <3>SBC6678 Verbal communication: J G Evans. 1970. J G EVANS APRIL 1970 FIELD VISIT (FROM OLD BCM REC ORD CARD).
  • <4>SBC11404 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 89 NW 07 & SU 89 NW09 (PART) (FILED: 09 FILED WITH CAS 0009).
  • <5>SBC11843 Photograph: PHOTO BY MR J E PARMINTER APRIL 1979 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC3470 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979?. 1:2500 PLOT (PAPER-STRIP METHOD) FROM AP1-34.
  • <7>SBC2430 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 0118.
  • <8>SBC2559 Bibliographic reference: CASS 05649.
  • <9>SBC23959 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <10>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p30.
  • <11>SBC24032 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2011. Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South East. p25.
  • <12>SBC24601 Digital archive: Historic England. 2015. Heritage at Risk Register 2015.
  • <13>SBC24775 Digital archive: Historic England. 2016. Heritage at Risk Register 2016. p8.
  • <14>SBC24932 Digital archive: Historic England. 2017. Heritage at Risk Register 2017.
  • <15>SBC25083 Digital archive: Historic England. 2018. Heritage at Risk Register 2018.
  • <16>SBC25245 Digital archive: Historic England. 2019. Heritage at Risk Register 2019. p133.
  • <17>SBC25497 Digital archive: Historic England. 2020. Heritage at Risk Register 2020.
  • <18>SBC25511 Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. Heritage at Risk Register 2021.
  • <19>SBC25896 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. Heritage at Risk Register 2022.
  • <20>SBC26583 Digital archive: Historic England. 2023. Heritage at Risk Register 2023.
  • <21>SBC26954 Digital archive: Historic England. 2024. Heritage at Risk Register 2024.

Location

Grid reference SU 80590 98800 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11855)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 9:16PM

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