Monument record 0155800000 - SEVEN WAYS PLAIN

Summary

Iron Age hillfort called Seven Ways Plain in Burnham Beeches

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  • Ancient Monument 1013958: SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT AT SEVEN WAYS PLAIN, BURNHAM BEECHES. (DBC7195)
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Iron Age hillfort at Seven Ways Plain (DBC9303)

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Type and Period (2)

  • UNIVALLATE HILLFORT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
  • HILLFORT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 180m; Width 125m.
Plan Form - Ovoid.
Enclosure consists of single dry ditch c.1m deep & 11m wide. NE side destroyed by quarrying & S levelled for car park. Inner bank barely visible except on SW & E sides. Broad outer bank on E side due to quarrying & further hollow-way giving access to quarry (B1-3).
SW entrance? WD huts once inside (01:000) (B3).
Scheduled SAM 27136 (B4).
Trial trench excavated across rampart bank ditch and counterscarp bank on SE side of hillfort in October 2021. Partial profile only, due to tree roots and WWII concrete foundation beam.

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p69.
  • <2>SBC11187 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 16 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC9242 Bibliographic reference: MR & MRS D MILLER JUNE 1975 SURVEY (FILED).
  • <4>SBC13941 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <5>SBC22779 Bibliographic reference: Corporation of London. 2005. Burnham Beeches Management Plan 2005-10.
  • <6>SBC23849 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2010. Desk-Based Assessment & Field Survey: Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common.

Location

Grid reference SU 94710 84660 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13218)
  • Event - Intervention: Seven Ways Plain trial trench excavation (EBC18353)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 6:22PM

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