Monument record 0164500000 - BODDINGTON HILL

Summary

Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age hillfort recorded in excavation and field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1011304: BODDINGTON CAMP: A SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT ON THE SUMMIT OF BODDINGTON HILL
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric hillfort on Boddington Hill

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Type and Period (1)

  • HILLFORT (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)

Description

Plan Form - PEAR SHAPED
OCCUPIES SW FACING SPUR OF CHILTERNS. CONSISTS OF SINGLE BANK, AUGMENTED BY DITCH EXCEPT WHERE STEEPNESS OF SLOPE MAKES IT UNNECESSARY. NE END DESTROYED BY HOUSE & GARDENS (B6).
GAP SW END BUT ORIGINAL ENTRANCE PROBABLY ON NE (B3).
GOOD AP SUGGESTS OUTER DEFENCE /ENCLOSURE ON SE SIDE (B12).
PRE-HILLFORT BA PHASE? (B11).
TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, WITH CONSERVATION PROPOSALS (B14).
PRESS CUTTING AND CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING TREE PLANTING ON BODDINGTON HILLSIDE (B15).

Sources (18)

  • ---SBC18874 Aerial Photograph: 01/04/50. RAF 346.4310. SP\883078. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p79.
  • <2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p26.
  • <3>SBC12649 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P184.
  • <4>SBC13409 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1964 17 P303 (& SEE PLANS, SECTIONS & NOTES FILED).
  • <5>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <6>SBC14029 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1993. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <7>SBC1281 Article in serial: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS & RECS OF BUCKS 1919 11 P57; 1967 18 P168.
  • <8>SBC4450 Bibliographic reference: DYER J 1976 A FUTURE FOR PREHISTORY IN THE CHILTERNS IN CBAGROUP9NEWSLETTER6P7"".
  • <9>SBC4480 Bibliographic reference: EATON CAPT H, SEPT 1977, NOTES ETC FILED.
  • <10>SBC2833 Bibliographic reference: CHAMPION MR T J & FARLEY M E, AUG 1982.
  • <11>SBC3357 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H 1984/MDA CARDS (SEE NOTES FILED).
  • <12>SBC5024 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E FROM RAF A/P'S (AT BCM).
  • <13>SBC9999 Bibliographic reference: O'SULLIVAN C & FARLEY M E (BCM) SEPTEMBER 1994 (SEE LIST, FILED).
  • <14>SBC15092 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1996. A REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE HILLFORT AT BODDINGTON BANKS, WENDOVER.
  • <15>SBC11566 Bibliographic reference: PARKHOUSE J (PRESS CUTTING AND CORRESPONDENCE, FILED).
  • <16>SBC9998 Unpublished document: O'SULLIVAN C & FARLEY M E (BCM) JAN 1996 (BCM ENTRY FORM NO.1957).
  • <17>SBC842 Unpublished document: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 1996. ARCHAEOGEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF THE HILLFORT AT BODDINGTON BANKS, WENDOVER.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 88239 08015 (401m by 486m)
Civil Parish HALTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

Related Events/Activities (6)

  • Event - Survey: Geophysical Survey (EBC10557)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13828)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC14017)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC16572)
  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (Ref: BOD 96) (EBC10558)
  • Event - Intervention: Trial trench excavation (EBC12280)

Record last edited

Jun 3 2022 6:28PM

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