Monument record 0200600000 - DEANGARDEN WOOD
Summary
Alleged earthwork-woodland baulks of uncertain date recorded in field visit
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (BANK, Undated)
Description
THERE IS...AN INTRENCHMENT (B1).
NO VISIBLE REMAINS DURING BRIEF VISIT. NUMBER OF SMALL ?MEDIEVAL WOODLAND BANKS & HOLLOW WAYS ON RIDGE ADJACENT TO KEEP HILL (B2).
NUMBER OF WOODLAND BAULKS OF RELATIVELY MODERN PERIOD VISIBLE AVERAGING 0.8M. OCCUPIES AN AREA OF SPURS & DRY VALLEYS ABOVE WYE VALLEY (B3).
"There is also an intrenchment in the wood adjoining to Keep Hill, called Deane Garden Wood" (name at SU 879916) (B1).
Deangarden Wood occupies an area of spurs and dry valleys above the River Wye valley. There is no trace of an "intrenchment", but a number of woodland baulks of relatively modern period visible within the wood, averaging 0.8m in height, may be the earthworks to which Parker refers (B4).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC11508 Bibliographic reference: PARKER J 1873 EARLY HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF WYCOMBE P4. p4.
- <2>SBC5743 Verbal communication: 1980. GORDON MR C (DOE FIELD WARDEN), FARLEY M E & PIKE A R, NOV 1980, FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <4>SBC27845 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments -F1 NKB 05-AUG-74.
- <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 8790 9160 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13481)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14010)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC14187)
Record last edited
Sep 4 2025 10:52AM
