Monument record 0166000000 - KINGS WOOD,TOTTERIDGE

Summary

Possibly medieval bank and ditch known from field survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (BANK & DITCH, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0340 m
Plan Form - LINEAR
'CASTLE' NOTED IN KINGSWOOD (BI1). NO TRACE OF CASTLE FOUND, BUT THERE IS A BANK WITH TRACES OF DITCH & A DEEP HOLLOWAY. BANK WAS PROBABLY WOOD BOUNDARY, WITH A CHANNEL ALLOWING ACCESS TO A POND, BUT NOT THE WOOD.S EVERAL SAW PITS VISIBLE IN VICINITY. SURVEY OF EARTHWORKS & SAW PITS & ANNOT.1:2500 MAP (BI2)

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3134 Bibliographic reference: COLMER F MS NOTES (PER MRS ANGELA COLMER,1978) & ARTICLES IN BUCKS FREE PRESS ETC JULY-AUGUST 1931 (.
  • <2>SBC2645 Unpublished document: CAUVAIN S & P OCT 1980 (SEE THEIR SCALE PLAN,MAP & NOTES FILED).

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8874 9447 (140m by 300m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Earthwork survey (EBC14377)

Record last edited

May 18 1990 12:00AM

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