Monument record 0146500000 - HEDSOR WHARF

Summary

Wooden structure at Hedsor Wharf recorded in the late nineteenth century as Roman but more recent excavation and historic documents suggest a medieval date

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Planning Notification Area: Medieval and later wharf on River Thames at Hedsor Wharf

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Type and Period (2)

(Former Type) PILE DWELLING? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
WHARF? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

FLOORING OF OAK & BEECH TIMBER & BRUSHWOOD FOUND 2.6M DOWN DURING DIGGING FOR CESSPOOL IN 1894, & EXCAV IN 1895. FLOOR SUPPORTED ON PILES. ?ROMAN POT (B1, B10-12).
POOL DUG OUT 1969 ON SITE & PILES RECOVERED (B2).
POT ALL POST-ROMAN: PILES PROB MED (B1-4).
DOC SOURCE OF C13 MENTIONS PILES PUT IN RIVER (B5).
Review of evidence (B13).

Sources (14)

<1>SBC3061 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1895-1897. 'ROMANO-BRITISH PILE DWELLING AT HEDSOR', IN PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON, 2ND SERIES 16 PP 7-15. Vol 16.
<2>SBC3393 Unpublished document: DAVID WILSON NOTE ON HEDSOR WHARF 'PILE DWELLINGS' (FILED) (PHOTOS FILED) (MAIDENHEAD & DISTRICT ARC.
<3>SBC6864 Article in serial: E M Jope. 1947. 'MEDIAEVAL POTTERY IN BERKSHIRE', IN BERKS ARCH JNL 50 PP54-56,71,73,76.
<4>SBC11417 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU98 NW 01 (FILED).
<5>SBC1929 Article in serial: N Brooks. 1964. 'THE UNIDENTIFIED FORTS OF THE BURGHAL HIDAGE', IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY VIII PP89-90 (APPENDIX BY MARGARET GELLING). Vol 8.
<6>SBC917 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER (PHOTOS FILED).
<7>SBC12654 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P194.
<8>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p7.
<9>SBC5490 Photograph: G E SCRIMGEOUR AUG 1988 FROM PHOTO (FILED).
<10>SBC13614 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 7 1894-1896 PP229-230; 465; 538-549 & ILLUS.
<11>SBC1696 Bibliographic reference: BERKS,BUCKS & OXON ARCH JNL 3 1897 P31; 5 1899 P94.
<12>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p259.
<13>SBC23556 Unpublished document: Colin Berks. 2008. Saxon Fortifications in the Cookham Area & Sashes Island: Review of Evidence.
<14>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p193.

Location

Grid reference	SU 90330 86090 (point)
Civil Parish	HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire