Monument record 0166000000 - KINGS WOOD,TOTTERIDGE

Summary

Possible medieval bank and ditch known from field survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 340m.
Plan Form - Linear.
'Castle' noted in Kingswood (B1).
No trace of castle found, but there is a bank with traces of ditch & a deep holloway. Bank was probably wood boundary, with a channel allowing access to a pond, but not the wood. Several saw pits visible in vicinity. Survey of earthworks & saw pits & annotated 1:2500 map (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3134 Unpublished document: Francis Colmer. 1931. Manuscript notes (from Mrs Angela Colmer, 1978) & articles in Bucks Free Press etc, July-August 1931 (copies filed).
  • <2>SBC2645 Unpublished document: Stan and Pauline Cauvain. 1980. Earthwork survey plan, map & notes (filed).

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8874 9447 (140m by 300m)
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC14377)

Record last edited

Apr 6 2023 4:10PM

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