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Ivinghoe Beacon

Buckinghamshire, England · Atlas EN3316

Ivinghoe Beacon is a contour fort in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England.

Other names on the record: Beacon Hill.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 2.2 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 232 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1009544).

Location

Atlas number
EN3316 (3316)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Buckinghamshire
Historic county
Buckinghamshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ivinghoe
National Grid reference
SP 9603 1683
Latitude
51.84186
Longitude
-0.60744
Altitude
232 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
2.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, timber-framed wall, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
postholes, roundhouses, and rectangular structures
Finds
pottery, metal, and animal bones
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1925); Other (1958); Other (1971); Other (1974); Earthwork Survey (2000); Geophysical Survey (2000); Excavation (1963-1965)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1009544
HER
Buckinghamshire 124500000 (second identifier 151510 (NT))
National record
record SP 91 NE 19; monument 346375
Wikidata
Q31117409

Sources

References

  1. Brown M. 2001. Ivinghoe Beacon, Ivinghoe: English Heritage Survey Report. Archaeological Investigation Report Series: AI/15/2001. Unpublished
  2. Cotton, M.A. & Frere S. S. 1968. Ivinghoe Beacon Excavations 1963-1965, Rec Buckinghamshire, 18(3),187-260
  3. Gover, J. 2000. A Geophysical Investigation of Ivinghoe Beacon. Unpublished
  4. Green, H. S. 1981. The dating of Ivinghoe Beacon. Rec Buckinghamshire 23, 1981 1-3
  5. Marshall, G. and Northover, P. 2003. The excavation and metallographical analysis of a Bronze Age sword recovered from Ivinghoe Beacon. Rec Buckinghamshire. 43, 27-37