Monument record 0016200000 - THE MOUNT, WILTON PARK GOLF

Summary

Possible prehistoric barrow or post-medieval prospect mound called The Mount at Wilton Park golf club

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Earthworks of prehistoric barrow or possible 18th century prospect mound (DBC9262)
Scheduled Monument 1013932: BOWL BARROW ON BEACONSFIELD GOLF COURSE, KNOWN AS `THE MOUNT' (DBC7170)

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Type and Period (4)

ROUND BARROW? (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 2500 BC? to 701 BC?)
PROSPECT MOUND? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
MOUND (Late Neolithic to Post-Medieval - 3000 BC? to 1798 AD?)
WINDMILL MOUND? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 1150cm, Height 280cm.
Plan Form - Circular.
TUMULUS KNOWN AS THE MOUNT (B1-2).
CIRCULAR MOUND OVERGROWN WITH TREES & SCRUB IN AN AREA ONCE PART OF WILTON PARK, NOW GOLF COURSE. FLATTENED TOP 150CM RADIUS. TRACES OF BERM AROUND MOUND AT HT OF 100CM. COULD BE BARROW, BUT SITUATION IN OLD PARKLAND OF C18 WILTON HOUSE SUGGESTS POST-MED (B3).
PHOTO (B4).
SCHEDULED: SAM 27128 (B5).
Site visit/map made 7 February 1995 by David Went, shows the mound to be 2.3m high, approx. 26m across and likely to have a ditch around it (B6).

(SU 95549089) The Mount (NAT) (B7).

The Mount, in Wilton Park, is a tumulus (B2).

"The Mount" (name verified) is a circular mound overgrown with trees and scrub, situated in a plantation once a part of Wilton Park, now a golf course. It measures c 23.0m in diameter and 2.8m high, the summit being 3.0m in diameter. At a height of 1.0m there are traces of a berm around the mound.
The possibility that it is a barrow cannot be dismissed but the name, and situation in old parkland of Wilton Park, a large 18th c mansion, suggest a mount contemporary with the house.
Published survey (25") revised (B8).
NRHE Insert 1997 (B9)

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (9)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p157.
<2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p47.
<3>SBC11213 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 99 SE 09 (FILED).
<4>SBC14824 Bibliographic reference: STAINTON B A JUNE 1976 (PHOTO, FILED).
<5>SBC23965 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1995. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
<6>SBC20087 Cartographic materials: David Went. 1995. Site sketch of the Mount, Beaconsfield Golf Club.
<7>SBC27454 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. Ordnance Survey Map (6" /1960). Map.
<8>SBC28394 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigator Comments - F1 NKB 13-SEP-74.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SU 95549 90892 (20m by 19m)
Civil Parish	BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 24 2025 9:48AM