Monument record 0163000000 - STOKE PARK

Summary

Possible Bronze Age round barrow in Stoke Park

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1009477: BOWL BARROW IN STOKE PARK PLAYING FIELD, 400M SOUTH OF STOKE PARK HOUSE
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Bronze Age barrow in Stoke Park

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  • ROUND BARROW (ROUND BARROW:DITCHED, Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 14m, Height 2m.
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
LARGE MOUND IN GRASS PLAYING FIELD, FORMERLY PART OF GOLF COURSE. VERY LIKELY A ROUND BARROW - BRONZE AGE CREMATION (01:000) FOUND IN OR NEAR BARROW (B3,B5-9).
EROSION DUE TO CYCLES ETC. OTHER FEATURES (RINGS ETC?) VISIBLE IN AP'S, BUT IN GRASS (B7-9).
SURVEY AT 1:50; REPORT & PHOTOS (B8).
SCHEDULED: SAM 19049 (B6).
Site visit in 1997 highlighted discrepancy in the published dates given for the discovery of the Bronze Age Cremation urn. According to the archives of the Stoke Poges Golf Club, the golf course was commenced in 1908 and finished in 1909. Hence construction would have been finished by January 1911 when the burial was said to have been found during the construction of the 13th hole (B10).
The site survives to 2m high and has a well-preserved ditch. Unfortunately it was heavily impacted by BMX and motorcyles riders. In Spring 1991, followng a large scale contour survey by BCM, the badly eroded areas were protected with extra topsoil and Techturf (B11).
Assessment of historical and landscape context included in management plan for Stoke Park (B12).

Sources (16)

  • ---SBC17562 Aerial Photograph: 01/03/64. BKS (1290) 924026. SU\970822.
  • ---SBC17563 Aerial Photograph: 01/03/64. BKS (1290) 924045. SU\970822.
  • ---SBC17564 Aerial Photograph: 01/03/64. BKS (1290) 924046. SU\970822.
  • ---SBC20104 Photograph: RCHME. 1953. Note of photo of Stoke Poges Barrows in NMR Red Boxes.
  • <1>SBC1776 Article in serial: 1911. BOOKER R P L 1911 'URN BURIAL AT STOKE POGES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 10. Vol 10.
  • <2>SBC948 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1911.
  • <3>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p290.
  • <4>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp61,166.
  • <5>SBC11172 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SE 04 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC14001 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <7>SBC2795 Verbal communication: CHADWICK P R (BERKS C C) (AP'S HELD AT PLANNING DEPT, SLOUGH CORPORATION).
  • <8>SBC2461 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 1630.
  • <9>SBC2345 Bibliographic reference: CARSTAIRS MR PHILIP (OXFORD UNIV. IN-SERVICE STUDE NT) DEC 1984.
  • <10>SBC20102 Unpublished document: Mike Farley and Ralph Pickering. 1997. Report of site visit made to barrow at Stoke Poges Golf Course.
  • <11>SBC20103 Bibliographic reference: Paul Frodsham. 1991. Monument Management in Berkshire. pp64-65.
  • <12>SBC22716 Unpublished document: Land Use Consultants & Rees Bolter Architects. 2005. Stoke Park Conservation Management Plan.

Location

Grid reference SU 97030 82220 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16308)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 11:24AM

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