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Whelpley Hill
Buckinghamshire, England ยท Atlas EN3447
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3447 (3447)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Historic county
- Buckinghamshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ashley Green
- National Grid reference
- SP 9968 0397
- Latitude
- 51.72561
- Longitude
- -0.55809
- Altitude
- 163 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 1.3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- curvilinear platforms
- Interior excavation
- postholes
- Finds
- animal bones
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1848); Other (1946); Excavation (1970); Other (1974); Geophysical Survey (2000); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Excavation (2013-2015)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1015485
- HER
- Buckinghamshire 0002200000; 0002200200
- National record
- record SP 90 SE 16; monument 346313
- Wikidata
- Q31117485
Sources
References
- Bryant, S. 1994. The Archaeology of the Chilterns, in Settlement of the Chilterns from 1200 to 100 BC.
- Burgess, B. 1848. Parochial Notes, Records of Bucks. Vol 1, 30
- Gover. J. 2000. A Geophysical Investigation of Whelpley Hill Enclosure. Unpublished.
- Sheahan, J. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. 840