Monument record 0002201003 - WHELPLEY HILL CAMP

Summary

Ditch of what was thought to be an Iron Age or medieval enclosure of Whelpley Hill Camp, now thought to be a Bronze Age ringwork

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  • Ancient Monument 1015485: SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT ON WHELPLEY HILL

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Depth 40cm, Width 1200cm.
Plan Form - Oval.
Early sources suggest the ditch was 19m wide & 1m deep (B4).
More recent sources (B5) suggest the ditch has been much denuded. Best preserved is the E arc where recent dimensions are taken from. No gap through the ditch in the SE, as there is in the rampart in the same area (B5).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC1315 Unpublished document: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 0022..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SBC11387 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. 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.

Location

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

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2024 3:17PM

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