Monument record 0222102000 - SOUTH OF DORNEY REACH

Summary

Cropmarks of possible Iron Age or Roman enclosures or field boundaries seen in aerial photographs south of Dorney Reach

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (5)

  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • PIT (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - RECTILINEAR
CROPMARKS IN NW OF FIELD ARE LINEAR & MAY BE PART OF A FIELD SYSTEM OR FIELD DRAINS. TO THE NORTH THE SITE IS COVERED WITH HOUSES (B1-3).
CROPMARKS PLOTTED AT 1:2,500 (B1-2).
POSSIBLY IRON AGE OR ROMAN (B3).
Incomplete remains of conjoined rectilinear ditched enclosures and pits, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The enclosures measure 25m, 45m and 60m. Two pits are visible in the northernmost enclosure. Sketch plotted at 1:10,000 (B5).

Sources (20)

  • ---SBC18326 Aerial Photograph: 27/07/80. NMR 9179/10/167. SU\920790. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18327 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9179/7/89. SU\921790. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18328 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9179/7/90. SU\920790. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18329 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9179/7/91. SU\918791. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18330 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9179/7/92. SU\918792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18331 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/8/170. SU\917792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18332 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/8/171. SU\917792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18333 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/8/172. SU\917792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18334 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/8/173. SU\917792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18335 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/9/174. SU\919792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18336 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/9/175. SU\919792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18337 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/9/176. SU\917792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18338 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/9/177. SU\919792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18339 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9179/9/178. SU\919792. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18354 Aerial Photograph: 19/07/77. NMR 9279/2/180. SU\922792. Yes. Yes.
  • <1>SBC3493 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. 1:2500 PLOT FROM AP1-4,15 (FILED).
  • <2>SBC2399 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1986. The Dorney Study: An Archaeological Implications Report.
  • <3>SBC2476 Unpublished document: CAS CARD 2221.
  • <4>SBC423 Article in serial: Tim Allen & John Moore. 1992. 'DORNEY, BOVENEY COURT', IN SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 22 P26. Vol 22.
  • <5>SBC13178 Unpublished document: RCHM(E). 1995. The Thames Valley Project: a Report for the National Mapping Programme.

Location

Grid reference SU 91740 79200 (point)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC11913)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC11917)
  • Event - Intervention: Eton College Rowing Course Project (EBC16357)

Record last edited

May 7 2026 7:17PM

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