MONUMENT NO. 340772

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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.

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(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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( 1) General reference

OS 1" 7th Series 158. 1967

( 2) General reference

History & Topography of Buckinghamshire 1862 390 (J J Sheahan.)

( 3) General reference

Rec 6" (C W Phillips undated)

( 4a) General reference

Mr Black Lansdowne Sch High Wycombe, Bucks.

( 4) General reference

Ordnance Survey Small Scales Reviser (T Jones 6.4.56)

( 4b) General reference

APs (RAF 541/479 7.4.50 4011-2)

( 4c) General reference

APs (RAF/106G/UK/1379 4.4.46 3018/9

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F1 NVQ 19-FEB-71

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