Monument record 0037501000 - BARROW CROFT

Summary

Place-name evidence of Barrow Croft suggests site of Bronze Age round barrow

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

CINERARY URN FOUND AT FOOT OF WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A BARROW LEVELLED THROUGH LONG YEARS OF CULTIVATION (B1).
FIELD NAME 'BARROW CROFT' NOT KNOWN LOCALLY, BUT THIS FIELD SEEMS THE MOST LOGICAL SITUATION FOR BARROW OR BURIAL ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO TRACE (B8).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC14746 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROCEEDINGS 1889 2ND SERIES 12 PP338- 346 (J PARKER).
  • <2>SBC13319 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1889 6 PP259-260 & ILLUS (DISCOVERY OF BRITISH POTTERY).
  • <3>SBC134 Bibliographic reference: ABERCROMBY J 1912 STUDY OF BRONZE AGE POTTERY 2 P30 & FIG 264.
  • <4>SBC15283 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP181-182.
  • <5>SBC6242 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN S BUCKS PP56-57 & FIGS 16 & 17 (5)..
  • <6>SBC1900 Bibliographic reference: BRITISH MUSEUM DEC 1960.
  • <7>SBC1290 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1957 & 1962.
  • <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <9>SBC7965 Bibliographic reference: LONGWORTH I W 1984 COLLARED URNS OF THE BRONZE AGE IN GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND P153 (NOS 57-58) & P.

Location

Grid reference SU 88400 91300 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2017 2:44PM

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