Monument record 0015000000 - SAVAY FARM

Summary

Undated earthworks of circular mound and ditch at Savay Farm, interpretted as a possible prehistoric round barrow or a medieval castle mound.

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Medieval timber-framed manor house of Denham Durdent manor and undated earthwork mound (DBC9280)
Scheduled Monument BU85: Mound with ditch and outer bank 200ft (60m) S of Savay Farm (DBC7194)

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Type and Period (4)

DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
MOUND (Unknown date)
ROUND BARROW? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0023 m Width 0019
Plan Form - OVAL
CIRCULAR RING FORMED BY LOW DITCH, THE INTERIOR FLAT BUT LOWER THAN GROUND LEVEL OUTSIDE. KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'WORSHIPPING CIRCLE' (B2).
PLAN & SECTION AT 1:500 (B3).
TQ 047879. A mound 200 ft S of Savay Farm. ORIGINALY DESCRIBED WHEN SCHEDULED AS DITCHED MOUND WITH BANK ON W & SARSENS ON OTHER SIDES, VISIBLE WHEN DRY. ?DATE & FUNCTION (B1).
About 200m south of Savay farm there is a low ditched, semi-circular mound situated on a gentle slope under pasture. No structures can be seen on it, and no finds have been made. It is of indeterminate date and purpose. However, it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (B4).

At TQ 04708794 on a gentle NW facing slope under pasture is a low ditched mound levelled into the slope. The mound is oval, measuring c12.0m NW-SE by c10.0m transversely, and is 0.3m above the surroundingditch which is c 5.5m wide. No structures can be seen on the mound, and no finds have been made. Its date and purpose are not known. Surveyed at 1/2500 (B6).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC13925 Scheduling record: HBMC. 1964. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS: BUCKS 85 (REPORT FILED).
<2>SBC4903 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E 1973 FIELD VISIT.
<3>SBC11272 Graphic material: OS RECORD CARD TQ 08 NW 20 (PLAN FILED).
<4>SBC22555 Unpublished document: Greater London Council. 1977. The Archaeology of the Colne Valley Park. Table 14.
<5>SBC24689 Unpublished document: High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited. 2013. London - West Midlands Environmental Statement, Volume 5, Technical Appendices, CFA7, Colne Valley, Survey Reports (CH-004-007).
<6>SBC28189 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 25-SEP-74.
<7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Updates 1997, 2011.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 04700 87940 (point)
Civil Parish	DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire