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Seven Ways Plain

Buckinghamshire, England ยท Atlas EN3445

Location

Atlas number
EN3445 (3445)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Buckinghamshire
Historic county
Buckinghamshire
Parish, community, or townland
Burnham
National Grid reference
SU 9470 8466
Latitude
51.55291
Longitude
-0.63538
Altitude
65 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
1.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and spur
Aspect
northwest
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1899); 1st Identified Written Reference (1912); Other (1969); Earthwork Survey (1977); Other (1996)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1013958
HER
Buckinghamshire 155800000
National record
record SU 98 SW 16; monument 251732
Wikidata
Q31117464

Sources

References

  1. Miller, D. and Miller, D. 1977. The Camp, Seven Ways Plain, Burham. Survey Report. Unpublished
  2. RCHME, 1912. Inventory of the Historic Monuments in Buckinghamshire