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Robin Hood's Arbour

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

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Also known as:
  • Robin Hood's Bower

Nearest Town:Maidenhead (3km ENE)
OS Ref (GB):   SU858809 / Sheet: 175
Latitude:51° 31' 11.86" N
Longitude:   0° 45' 47.65" W

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Maidenhead Thicket, Robin Hood's Arbour.

'Mrs M A Cotton has directed excavations during the summer of 1960 on this sub-rectangular earthwork ...but Mrs Cotton obtained sections across the bank, ditch and counter-scarp bank. Outside and inside the entrance was found a cobbled trackway but no definite evidence for any timber structures. A hut or farmstead probably had existed in the enclosure and burnt down, for several isolated pieces of burnt daub were found to show that the enclosure had been constructed by the Belgae, probably between AD 25-50.'

source: Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol 58 1960
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wysefool Posted by wysefool
27th September 2007ce

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Places which carry the name Robin Hood


'1556 - First recorded by a churchwarden of Abingdon and mentions the establishment of a bower.'
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wysefool Posted by wysefool
27th September 2007ce

Berkshire History - Beware the Ghostly Hunt!


Reference to Robin Hood's Bower as being a possible Sacred Grove site related to Cernunnos/Herne mythology.
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wysefool Posted by wysefool
27th September 2007ce
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