Monument record 0001701000 - PULPIT WOOD (SITE 150068)

Summary

Possible post-medieval chalk quarries recorded in survey

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  • CHALK PIT (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

SEVERAL SMALL QUARRIES DUG INTO THE HILLSIDE, ABOVE & ALONGSIDE THE ROAD, WITH ACCESS FROM THE ROAD. PROBABLY CHALK PITS, THE CHALK BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. LONG DISUSED(B11)

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC7594 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 P341.
  • <2>SBC2201 Article in serial: Boughley Burgess. 1855. 'EARTHWORKS AT HAMPDEN & LITTLE KIMBLE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 1 P141. Vol 1.
  • <3>SBC4686 Bibliographic reference: EVANS J 1872 ANCIENT STONE IMPLEMENTS PP253,279.
  • <4>SBC268 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A HADRIAN 1908 EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND.
  • <5>SBC15331 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 2 P25.
  • <6>SBC12639 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P164.
  • <7>SBC1285 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1914, 1962, 1965 & 1973.
  • <8>SBC11368 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARDS (FILED).
  • <9>SBC11463 Article in serial: 1942. OXONIENSIA 1942 7 P108 (NOTE). Vol 7.
  • <10>SBC13939 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1995. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <11>SBC8259 Unpublished document: W L Matthews. 1988. NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: PULPIT WOOD.

Location

Grid reference SP 83650 04550 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE KIMBLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 1 2018 4:36PM

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