Monument record 0179101000 - 'FASTENDICH', WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Possible Saxon boundary ditch recorded in twelfth century and later documents.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of possible late Saxon boundary
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of possible late Saxon boundary

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Type and Period (2)

  • LINEAR EARTHWORK (5th Century Saxon to 12th Century - 410 AD? to 1199 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (5th Century Saxon to 12th Century - 410 AD? to 1199 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0220 m
Plan Form - LINEAR
BANK & DITCH (00:000) PROBABLY A DARK AGES OR LATER TERRITORIAL BOUNDARY (B1).
PERHAPS THE 'FASTENDICH' REFERRED TO IN 1197 & LATER, IN MISSENDEN CARTULARY, CAL.INQ.P.M.ETC (B2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC18930 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF 70.3038. SU\819969. Yes.
  • ---SBC18931 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF 70.3039. SU\815967. Yes.
  • <1>SBC11361 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD,SU89 NW2,OCT 1972,FILED.
  • <2>SBC5861 Bibliographic reference: GREEN,HERBERT (HIGH WYCOMBE)JUNE 1983 (SEE HIS NOT ES,FILED;ALSO HUGHES M W 1931 IN ANTIQUITY5PP294-.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8101 9735 (520m by 400m)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2018 6:48PM

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