Monument record 0144600000 - MONEYBURY HILL,PITSTONE

Summary

Probable Neolithic to Bronze Age barrow recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1009347: BELL BARROW ON MONEYBURY HILL, 500M NNE OF THE BRIDGEWATER MONUMENT. (DBC7178)

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Type and Period (1)

  • BELL BARROW (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0012 m Height 0003
Plan Form - SUBCIRCULAR
TUMULUS, 60FT DIAM (B1).
ROUND BARROW, SAXON?, BERMED? COIN OF CUNOBELIN (B2).
PIECE OF SAMIAN IN MAKE-UP. CONCAVE TOP 0.4M DEEP. 3M HIGH ON W, 2M ON E. EVIDENCE OF BERM & DITCH SUGGEST MUTILATED BELL-BARROW. NGR. 10M NE IS SITE OF RB BUILDING. NOT SAXON (B3).
SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT (B4 ).
BA BARROW (SURVEY & PHOTOS)(B5).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC12938 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P238.
  • <2>SBC4457 Article in serial: DYER J F 1959 BARROWS OF THE CHILTERNS IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJOURNAL116P17"".
  • <3>SBC11061 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP91 SE7,NOV 1972.
  • <4>SBC13974 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <5>SBC4422 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP24,29,PL 2:1-2 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).
  • <6>SBC23817 Bibliographic reference: 2010. Archaeological Survey of the Ashridge Estate: Vol VII - Area F.

Location

Grid reference SP 97110 13610 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Jul 29 2011 12:18PM

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