Monument record 0001704000 - PULPIT WOOD (SITE 150075)

Summary

Four medieval to post-medieval chalk quarries with one re-used as a pond

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • POND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • QUARRY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

SERIES OF 4 QUARRY PITS IN LINE, RUNNING DOWN SLOPE, 2 PERHAPS CONNECTED. PERHAPS CHALK OR MARL PITS. 3RD ONE DOWN HAS BEEN USED AS A POND, PRESUMABLY DELIBERATELY LINED WITH CLAY & USED FOR CATTLE GRAZING IN WOOD; IT MAY PREDATE WOOD (B11).

Sources (1)

  • <11>SBC8259 Unpublished document: W L Matthews. 1988. NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: PULPIT WOOD.

Location

Grid reference SP 83400 04920 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 22 2022 1:34PM

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