Monument record 0214300000 - LEY HILL COMMON GOLF COURSE

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval earthwork enclosure known from field survey on Ley Hill Common golf course

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Remains of Medieval or post-medieval rectangular enclosure (DBC9180)
  • SHINE: Lowndes Park Bronze Age bowl barrow or post medieval mound (DBC7536)

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0060 m Width 0050
Plan Form - SQUARE
MR.G.BASIL BARHAM NOTES EXISTENCE OF SMALL SQUARE CAMP CLOSE TO ROAD, ABOUT 250YDS FROM VILLAGE, WITH PLAINLY MARKED BANK AND DITCH. PART OF S. WALL CUT INTO BY GRAVEL WORKING (B1).
SUB-RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE COMPRISING LOW BANK AND DITCH. MUCH MUTILATED BY GOLF COURSE LANDSCAPING, QUARRYING AND MODERN ROAD (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC830 Bibliographic reference: G Basil Barnham. 1922. CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES REPORT OF EARTHWORKS COMMITTEE P13.
  • <2>SBC10572 Bibliographic reference: OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR,1970.

Location

Grid reference SP 99180 02050 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 20 2024 7:31AM

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