Taplow

The famous Anglo-Saxon barrow was built within an Iron Age hillfort.

Also known as:
Taeppa's Mound
Nearest town:
Maidenhead (2km WSW)
OS reference:
SU906821
OS sheet:
175
Latitude:
51° 31' 48 N
Longitude:
0° 41' 37.52 W
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Image of Taplow (Hillfort) by RiotGibbon

brr – chilly. Always a delight to visit, even if it is for only a few minutes on the way into work ...

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RiotGibbon Jan 16, 2002
Image of Taplow (Hillfort) by RiotGibbon

view from the A4 ... the mound is under the tree directly to the left of the house – you can just see it poking up

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RiotGibbon Aug 22, 2001
Image of Taplow (Hillfort) by RiotGibbon

Tomb of an ancestor of Joyce Grenfell (local nobility you know) ...

notice 2 things:
1) the site was still being used as a graveyard/sacred site years after Tappae was buried

2) the slight mound the tomb is on – syncratic adoption of prechristian traditions?

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RiotGibbon Aug 22, 2001

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