Monument record 0002200000 - WHELPLEY HILL CAMP
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument 1015485: SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT ON WHELPLEY HILL
- Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric hillfort at Whelpley Hill
Map
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SBC19053 Unpublished document: John Gover. 2000.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) |
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Civil Parish | ASHLEY GREEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
May 23 2017 6:54PM