Monument record 0179000000 - NAPHILL COMMON

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval earthwork recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Medieval earthwork enclosure on Naphill Common (DBC9541)

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Type and Period (3)

BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
ENCLOSURE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
(Alternate Type) WOOD BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 150m, Width 80m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Remains of horseshoe shaped earthwork. Ditch, 6.4m wide, 0.6m deep, slight rampart & outer bank (B1-3).
A woodland boundary, Medieval or later, between NGRs. Comprises a ditch between banks 0.4m high (B4).
Only 3 sides of enclosure now visible. Internal & external banks run parallel to ditch (Surveyed)(B7).

The remains of an earthwork, situated on level ground on Naphill Common, about 300 yards east of Bradenham Hill Farm (SU 836 967). The defences comprise a ditch with remains of a rampart and outer bank. The work, roughly stirrup-shaped, is c 160 yards by 90 yards, the N side completely obliterated and the ditch heavily overgrown. (B2)

Stirrup-shaped outline visible on Aps at SU 837 968, but thickly wooded. (B8)

Not a defensive earthwork, but a woodland boundary feature, probably of Md or later period, extending from approximately SU 8365 9687 to SU 8368 9709. It comprises a ditch 0.6m deep, between banks 0.4m high. The outline visible on Aps is a natural formation. (B9)

Sources (10)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p135.
<2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p322.
<3>SBC3136 Bibliographic reference: COLMER F NAPHILL I,3 (ABSTRACTED BY MRS A V COLMER , MARCH 1977).
<4>SBC11136 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 89 NW 08 (FILED).
<5>SBC8063 Bibliographic reference: M E FARLEY APRIL 1979 FIELD VISIT (SEE LETTER TO T . HUSSEY, FILED).
<6>SBC5033 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E JAN 1992 FIELD VISIT (SEE REPORT FILED) (& INFORMATION FROM MR T HUSSEY,NOV 1991).
<7>SBC16514 Bibliographic reference: WESTMORE I 1992 SURVEY OF AN EARTHWORK AT NAPHILL COMMON,BUCKS (COPY FILED).
<8>SBC27836 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1961. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - RAF APs IF43 543/RAF/1426: 0038-9. 28.8.61.
<9>SBC27837 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 27-OCT-72.
<10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SU 8375 9686 (183m by 197m)
Civil Parish	HUGHENDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Survey: (EBC13227)
Event - Survey: (EBC14061)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2025 3:11PM