Monument record 0019200000 - BEACONS BOTTOM

Summary

Possibly medieval boundary bank and ditch seen on aerial photographs

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Undated linear bank and ditch earthwork at Beacons Bottom
  • SHINE: Highfield Shaw Wood medieval farmstead and moated site within Highfield Shaw, ancient seminatural woodland
  • SHINE: Highfield Shaw Wood medieval farmstead and moated site within Highfield Shaw, ancient seminatural woodland
  • SHINE: Highfield Shaw Wood medieval farmstead and moated site within Highfield Shaw, ancient seminatural woodland
  • SHINE: Highfield Shaw Wood medieval farmstead and moated site within Highfield Shaw, ancient seminatural woodland

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Type and Period (1)

  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - CURVILINEAR
LINEAR BANK & ?DOUBLE DITCH VISIBLE ON AP. ON BOTH SIDES OF A40 (B1).
IRREGULAR ?DITCH & BANK VISIBLE S OF A40 (BETWEEN MIDDLE PAIR OF NGR'S). A LARGE PIT LIES PARTLY ON ITS COURSE. BANK ON E SIDE OF DITCH, BUT PROFILE IRREGULAR ?DUE TO INFILLING. NOTHING VISIBLE N OF A40, BUT AREA LEVELLED (B2).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC18969 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/47. RAF/70/3049. SU\778961. Yes.
  • <1>SBC8066 Bibliographic reference: M E FARLEY FROM A.P. RAF/70/3049, JAN 1947 (COPY A T BCM).
  • <2>SBC8068 Bibliographic reference: M E FARLEY SEPT 1973 FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 7828 9534 (180m by 220m)
Civil Parish STOKENCHURCH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2018 4:50PM

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