Monument record 0022200000 - C.500M.S.W.OF HITCHAMBURY

Summary

Two possible Neolithic to Bronze Age ring-ditches seen on an aerial photograph near Hitchambury

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Cropmarks of two possible ring ditches

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Type and Period (1)

  • RING DITCH (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0022 m
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
2 ?RING DITCHES, IN GRASS SO COULD BE NATURAL. PLOT AT 1:2500 (PAPER-STRIP METHOD)(B1).
NO TRACE OF CIRCULAR CROPMARKS ON GROUND, A LEVEL AREA OF ROUGH GRASS. MARKS VISIBLE ON ST.JOSEPH AP ARE INDEFINITE. COULD BE NATURAL OR HORSE GALLOPS; FIELD HAS BEEN USED TO GRAZE HORSES. EACH MARK C.45M.DIAM (B2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC17922 Aerial Photograph: 14/06/56. CUC TH 86. SU\908829. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17923 Aerial Photograph: 14/06/56. CUC TH 87. SU\908829. Yes. Yes.
  • <1>SBC2290 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. CAMB.UNIV.ST.JOSEPH A/P'S TH86-87, AP PLOT FILED.
  • <2>SBC11306 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD,AUG.1974, IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0222.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9094 8282 (80m by 100m)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC11889)

Record last edited

Mar 27 2018 12:18PM

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