Monument record 0212500000 - LOW GROUNDS FARM
Summary
Bronze Age round barrow indicated by a ring ditch cropmark seen on air photographs. Field investigation in 1974 found no surface indications.
Protected Status/Designation
- Archaeological Notification Area: Cropmark of prehistoric ring ditch (DBC9568)
- SHINE: Cropmark of Bronze Age barrow E of Low Grounds Farm, an outlier of the adjacent barrow cemetery (DBC8284)
Map
Type and Period (2)
- RING DITCH (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Radius 9m.
Plan Form - Circular.
A ring ditch, about 17.0m diameter, at SU 83778490. There is no trace on the ground, it is under barley on a low swelling marginally above the Thames flood plain. No finds were made, and no associated earthworks are visible on the ground or the AP. Plotted from St Joseph AP (B1,B4).
Single circle (plotted) (B2).
Possible associated linear features. Cropmarks plotted at 1:2500 (NMR method (B3).
The ring ditch referred to by the previous sources is a Bronze Age round barrow, visible as cropmarks, and has been mapped from aerial photographs. It is defined by a ring ditch with a diameter of 20m and is centred at SU 8381 8489. (Morph No. TG.505.1.1) (B5).
NRHE Isert 1999 (B6)
Sources (14)
- ---SBC17656 Aerial Photograph: 12/07/60. CUC ABX 33. SU\837849. Yes.
- ---SBC17657 Aerial Photograph: 12/07/60. CUC ABX 34. SU\837849.
- ---SBC17964 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 28. SU\839850. Yes. Yes.
- ---SBC17965 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 29. SU\839850.
- ---SBC18625 Aerial Photograph: 19/06/70. NMR SU8384/1/113. SU\837849. Yes.
- ---SBC18626 Aerial Photograph: 19/06/70. NMR SU8384/1/123. SU\837849.
- ---SBC18627 Aerial Photograph: 14/07/75. NMR SU8384/2/123. SU\838849. Yes.
- ---SBC18628 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR SU8384/2/124. SU\837849. Yes.
- <1>SBC11230 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU88 SW21,AUG 1981,FILED.
- <2>SBC27458 Bibliographic reference: Timothy Gates. 1975. The Middle Thames Valley : An Archaeological Survey of the River Gravels. p44, Map 25.
- <3>SBC404 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. AP PLOT,FILED.
- <4>SBC27597 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 02-AUG-74.
- <5>SBC13178 Unpublished document: RCHM(E). 1995. The Thames Valley Project: a Report for the National Mapping Programme. AF1232119.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 8386 8494 (200m by 140m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: (EBC11895)
- Event - Survey: (EBC11904)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14207)
- Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC11913)
Record last edited
May 17 2026 2:15PM
