Monument record 0163100000 - YEW PLACE, FARNHAM PARK

Summary

Mound at Yew Place in Farnham Park is probably a nineteenth century gazebo mound

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthwork mound, possibly a 19th century garden gazebo mound

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Type and Period (4)

  • ROUND BARROW? (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2500 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • MOUND (Unknown date)
  • PROSPECT MOUND? (Post-Medieval to 19th Century - 1540 AD to 1899 AD)
  • GAZEBO? (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0280 Width 1600 Length 1800 cm
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
MOUND, COULD BE BRONZE AGE BARROW (B1).
INCORRECT NGR & PARISH IN B1, AUTHOR CONFIRMS CORRECTION (B2-3).
OS MAP MARKS 'TUMULUS' AT NGR (B4).
STRONG LOCAL TRADITION OF GAZEBO MOUNT, MID C19; APPEARANCE CONCURS (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC3496 Bibliographic reference: DENNINGTON R F & MORGAN S N.D. THE MIDDLE THAMES I N ANTIQUITY P42.
  • <2>SBC4911 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E 1976.
  • <3>SBC2462 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 1631.
  • <4>SBC10461 Map: OS 1975 1:10000 MAP.
  • <5>SBC11171 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SE 04.

Location

Grid reference SU 96600 83320 (point)
Civil Parish FARNHAM ROYAL, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14113)

Record last edited

Mar 20 2018 3:12PM

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