Monument record 0022200000 - C.500M SW OF HITCHAMBURY

Summary

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

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Archaeological Notification Area: Cropmarks of two possible ring ditches (DBC9317)

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Radius 22m.
Plan Form - Circular.
2 possible ring ditches, in grass so could be natural. Plotted 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 diameter (B2).

('A' SU 90908277, 'B' SU 90988287) Ring ditches visible on ST Joseph AP (not visible on RAF APs). (B3 and B4)

No trace of circular crop marks on the ground, a level area under rough grass.

The marks visible on St Joseph AP are too indefinite to enable a positive conclusion to be reached; they could be natural formations or horse gallops (the field has been used to graze horses). Each mark is c 45.0m in diameter (B5).

A survey, including the area referred to by the previous authorities, looked at all available aerial photographs and considered there to be no archaeological features in the vicintiy (B6).

NRHE insert 1999 (B7).

Sources (8)

---SBC17922 Aerial Photograph: 14/06/56. CUC TH 86. SU\908829. Yes. Yes.
<1>SBC2290 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ST JOSEPH APs TH86-87, AP PLOT FILED.
<2>SBC11306 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1974. OS RECORD CARD, AUGUST 1974, FILED.
<3>SBC17923 Aerial Photograph: 14/06/56. CUC TH 87. SU\908829. Yes. Yes.
<4>SBC28357 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1961. RAF 58-4646 0248-9 28-AUG-1961.
<5>SBC28358 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 19-AUG-74.
<6>SBC28347 Verbal communication: Moraig Brown. 1993. RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment - Moraig Brown/09-MAR-1993/Thames Valley NMP.
<7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

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

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Event - Survey: Field visit (EBC18707)

Record last edited

Nov 13 2025 10:16AM