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Monument Number 344540
Hob Uid: 344540
Location : Buckinghamshire Drayton Parslow
Grid Ref : SP8325028250
Summary : Site of a ditched, `fortified' mount, levelled in 1971, but still evident as a cropmark. Mediaeval pottery was found on the site prior to levelling.
More information : Fortified mount 1/3 mile WSW of Drayton Parslow church. The mound is about 120ft in diameter and 4ft high; only half the mound and encircling ditch remain. (Ditch published, but not described, on OS 6" at SP 83252826. Air-photos show mound and ditch, overlying rig and furrow) (1-2) Site bulldozed May 1971 and mound totally removed, medieval pottery collected from site by Museum staff. The site was photographed. (3) SP 832282. Post-medieval material was also found at the time of the levelling of the site. (4) (SP 83252826) No trace: under plough. Site plotted at 1:2500 with the aid of APs. (5) A rapid examination of air photography (6a) shows the site of the mount as a ring ditch cropmark in 1990. (6)

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Source details : RAF 543/673 F44 24.8.59
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Source details : Mounds Index. Bucks.
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Source details : Andrew Miller/27-APR-1994/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : NMR, SP 8328/5-7
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Mound
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 82 NW 8
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Monument Number 344540