Monument record 0179000000 - NAPHILL COMMON

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval earthwork recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

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

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Type and Period (2)

  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
  • ENCLOSURE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 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).

Sources (7)

  • <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. 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).

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

Nov 4 2024 11:07AM

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