Monument record 0144600000 - MONEYBURY HILL, PITSTONE

Summary

Probable Neolithic to Bronze Age barrow recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1009347: BELL BARROW ON MONEYBURY HILL, 500M NNE OF THE BRIDGEWATER MONUMENT. (DBC7178)

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Type and Period (1)

BELL BARROW (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 12m, Height 3m.
Plan Form - Subcircular.
Tumulus, 60 feet diameter (B1).
Round barrow, Saxon?, bermed? Coin of Cunobelin (B2).
Pieces of samian in make-up. Concave top 0.4m deep. 3m high on W, 2m on E. Evidence of berm & ditch suggest mutilated bell-barrow. At NGR. 10m NE is site of RB building. Not Saxon (B3).
Scheduled Ancient Monument (B4 ).
Bronze Age barrow (survey & photos)(B5).

(SP 9711 1361) Tumulus on Moneybury Hill circa 60 ft in diameter. Condition fairly good. SP 971137 Round barrow on Moneybury Hill probably Saxon. Suggestion of berm. Diameter 30 paces, height 6 to 8 ft. Coin (b8) of Cunobelin found (a duplication of coin from the hoard; SP 91 SE2). A piece of Samian was found in the make-up of the
tumulus, near the surface (B1 and B2).
A barrow situated at the north end of Moneybury Hill and under close woodland. It measures 25.0m in diameter SW-NE and 24.0m transversely, and survives to a height of 3.0m on the west side and 2.0m on the east. The top is concave, 0.4m deep and this is the probable result of excavation. There is evidence of a berm and ditch suggesting this is a
bell-barrow, although only surviving in outline and mutilated on the E & W by tracks. Approximately 10.0m to the NE is the site of an excavated Ro building (SO 91 SE1). There is no evidence to suggest that this is a Saxon barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500 (B7).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (9)

<1>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 2 North. Volume 2. p238.
<2>SBC4457 Article in serial: DYER J F 1959 BARROWS OF THE CHILTERNS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 116 P17.
<3>SBC11061 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP91 SE7,NOV 1972.
<4>SBC13974 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
<5>SBC4422 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP24,29,PL 2:1-2 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).
<6>SBC23817 Bibliographic reference: 2010. Archaeological Survey of the Ashridge Estate: Vol VII - Area F.
<7>SBC29378 Unpublished document: J R Linge. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 13-NOV-72.
<8>SBC29383 Serial: Numismatic Society. 1930. Numismatic Chrionicle volume 10, 1930.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Update 2011.

Location

Grid reference	SP 97110 13610 (point)
Civil Parish	PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Mar 24 2026 12:24PM