Monument record 0001101000 - BACOMBE HILL,W OF CHURCH

Summary

Possible site of beacon of uncertain date suggested by place-name evidence

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Two Neolithic to Bronze Age Barrows on Bacombe Hill (DBC7423)

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (1)

  • BEACON (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

NAME BACKHAM HILL POPULARLY SUPPOSED TO BE A CORRUPTION OF BEACON HILL BEING ANCIENTLY USED FOR LIGHTING BEACON AT TIME OF WAR (B1). CERTAINLY HAS BEEN USED AS BEACON (B3). PROBABLE BARROW SUBSEQUENTLY USED AS BEACON STATION (B5).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC7603 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 P481.
  • <2>SBC14380 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP208-209.
  • <3>SBC284 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A HADRIAN 1908 EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND P79.
  • <4>SBC12709 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P313.
  • <5>SBC15336 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 2 P26.
  • <6>SBC4454 Bibliographic reference: DYER J F 1959 BARROWS OF THE CHILTERNS IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJNL116PP23-24"".
  • <7>SBC10421 Map: OS 1961 1:10560 MAP.
  • <8>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <9>SBC988 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1970. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1970.
  • <10>SBC5054 Map: FARLEY M E JUNE 1992 FIELD VISIT (SEE MAP FILED).
  • <11>SBC16499 Graphic material: WENT D A JANUARY 1995 FIELD VISIT (SKETCH PLAN FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 86170 07140 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14156)

Record last edited

Jul 29 2011 12:05PM

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.