Monument record 0002200000 - WHELPLEY HILL CAMP

Summary

Probable Iron Age or medieval defended enclosure at Whelpley Hill Camp.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1015485: SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT ON WHELPLEY HILL
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric hillfort at Whelpley Hill

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (2)

  • UNIVALLATE HILLFORT (Early Iron Age to Medieval - 700 BC to 1539 AD)
  • HILLFORT (Early Iron Age to Medieval - 700 BC to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0120 m Width 0100
Plan Form - OVAL
SITUATED ON A PLATEAU SURROUNDED BY A RAMPART (01:002) & DITCH (01:003). GAP IN BANK IN SE IS ONLY VISIBLE ENTRANCE (01:001). NO TRACE OF STRUCTURES AND NO FINDS. IN 1860 ATTEMPT MADE TO BRING WHOLE AREA UNDER PLOUGH (B2).
SITE IS MUCH DENUDED (B4).
SCHEDULED: SAM 27154 (B6).
Geophysical survey (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC1315 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 0022..
  • <2>SBC14112 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN J J 1862 HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE P840.
  • <3>SBC15498 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P205.
  • <4>SBC12613 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 1912 P16.
  • <5>SBC11387 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SP 90 SE 16 (AND 44).
  • <6>SBC14021 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <7>SBC13672 Article in serial: 1848. RECS OF BUCKS I P30 ('BB: PAROCHIAL NOTES'). Vol 1.
  • <8>SBC19053 Unpublished document: John Gover. 2000. A Geophysical Investigation of Whelpley Hill Enclosure.

Location

Grid reference SP 99680 03970 (point)
Civil Parish ASHLEY GREEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

May 23 2017 6:54PM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the Heritage Portal maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.