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Monument Number 340772
Hob Uid: 340772
Location : Buckinghamshire Ickford
Grid Ref : SP6481006610
Summary : Raised platform of defensive nature near the river at Ickford Bridge. Probably of Civil War date to guard the bridge. Stone fireplace and bones, supposedly animal, found circa 1830.
More information : (SP 6481 0661) Earthwork (NR) (1) At Ickford Bridge, near the river bank, are the remains of some earthworks of which nothing is known. In about 1830, when a portion of the embankment was being removed, a fire place formed of stone, together with some bones supposedly of animals in a calcined state, were discovered. (2) Civil War Site? (3) Slopes surveyed at (SP 6481 0661); Believed to be Cromewellian. Earthwork visible on APs (a)(b)(c) (4) A very slightly raised platform with a strong curved perimeter bank around the W., S and E sides. There is no outer ditch. It most resembles a Civil War earthwork but its sole purpose must have been to guard Ickford bridge. See GP. Surveyed at 1/2500 (5)

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Source details : OS 1" 7th Series 158. 1967
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Source details : History & Topography of Buckinghamshire 1862 390 (J J Sheahan.)
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Source details : Rec 6" (C W Phillips undated)
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Small Scales Reviser (T Jones 6.4.56)
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Mr Black Lansdowne Sch High Wycombe, Bucks.
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Source Number : 4b
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Source details : APs (RAF 541/479 7.4.50 4011-2)
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Source Number : 4c
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Source details : APs (RAF/106G/UK/1379 4.4.46 3018/9
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 NVQ 19-FEB-71
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Civil War
Monument End Date : 1649
Monument Start Date : 1642
Monument Type : Fieldwork
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 60 NW 1
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-02-19
End Date : 1971-02-19

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 340772