Monument record 0184500000 - 'ROLLING PIN', LOWNDES PARK

Summary

Earthwork mound called the Rolling Pin in Lowndes Park, possibly a prehistoric round barrow or a post-medieval garden feature

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013931: BOWL BARROW IN LOWNDES PARK, KNOWN AS THE `ROLLING PIN'
  • Planning Notification Area: Possible Prehistoric barrow or 18th century garden prospect mound

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Type and Period (3)

  • ROUND BARROW? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • MOUND (Unknown date)
  • PROSPECT MOUND? (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0150 cm Radius 1120
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
LARGE EARTHEN MOUND CONCENTRICALLY PLACED WITHIN A RING OF PLANTED TREES. CIRCULAR PLAN. LEVEL PLATFORM ON TOP 10M DIAMETER. BRICK FRAGMENTS VISIBLE. NO EVIDENCE OF A DITCH. TRADITIONALLY A BURIAL MOUND AND TOPOGRAPHICAL POSITION SUPPORTS THIS CLASSIFICATION. HOWEVER WELL PRESERVED APPEARANCE, FLAT TOP & SITUATION IN CHESHAM PARK AND CIRCLE OF TREES SUGGESTS ORNAMENTAL NATURE (B1-2).
SCHEDULED (B3).
Report on geophysical survey of the 'Rrolling Pin' mound in Lowndes Park did not provide a definitive date for the mound but did identify a small ditch close to the base of the mound (B4).
Report on geophysics and trial trenching at Lowndes Park. No evidence was uncovered that the Rolling Pin mound is a Bronze Age structure. Evidence for a possible 18th/19th century viewing tower was uncovered in one trench. See report for details (B5).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC1363 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 1845.
  • <2>SBC10675 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1959-60. OS RECORD CARD SP 90 SE:21.
  • <3>SBC23962 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1995. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <4>SBC23773 Unpublished document: Chess Valley Archaeological and Historical Society. 2009. Geophysical Survey of the mound in Lowndes Park Chesham.
  • <5>SBC17419 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/6-8. SP\955018. Yes.
  • <6>SBC24173 Unpublished document: Chess Valley Archaeological & Historical Society. 2011. Archaeological Investigation of an Earthwork Mound in Lowndes Park Chesham.

Location

Grid reference SP 9547 0178 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14139)
  • Event - Intervention: Archaeological investigations (EBC17509)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey of the mound in Lowndes Park, Chesham (EBC17336)

Record last edited

Feb 14 2018 6:12PM

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