Monument record MBC49388 - SE slopes of Commemoration Hill

Summary

Two parallel lynchets of unknown date seen as earthworks in aerial photos and LiDAR.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • LYNCHET (Early Neolithic to Medieval - 4000 BC? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Two parallel lynchets of unknown date visible as earthworks. The lynchets are 105m long and aligned NE-SW (B1).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (B2).

Visible on Chilterns Conservation Board Lidar dataset. There are traces of possible ploughed out lynchets further down the slope (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>XYSBC13178 Unpublished document: RCHM(E). 1995. The Thames Valley Project: a Report for the National Mapping Programme. [Mapped feature: #52910 ]
  • <2>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
  • <3>SBC29498 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BC). 2026. Information from LiDAR data.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 77293 87042 (77m by 121m)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 14 2026 4:13PM

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