Monument record 1555300000 - Bledow Great Wood

Summary

Ditched and banked Rectilinear Enclosure, Bledlow Great Wood

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (1st Century Roman to Medieval - 43 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Small rectilinear trapezoidal shaped enclosure, surrounded by external ditch (3m wide) and internal bank (4m wide) within ancient woodland (Thickthorne Wood). Internal dimesions approx 33m NW-SE x 30m NE-SW. No obvious entrance to the enclosure though a couple of more modern trackways cut across it (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC25991 Digital archive: Chilterns Conservation Board. 2021. Chiltern Conservation Boards 'Beacons of the Past' Priority Sites in Buckinghamshire database. [Mapped feature: #47671 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 77108 00366 (65m by 65m)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Beacons of the Past Citizen Science LiDAR interpretation (EBC18484)

Record last edited

May 17 2023 12:40PM

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