Monument record 0401005000 - PITSTONE QUARRY NO 2

Summary

Possible Late Iron Age kiln found in excavation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • KILN? (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

EXCAVATIONS LOCATED VARIOUS FEATURES INCLUDING A 7.6M LONG TRENCH WITH, AT 1 END, BURNING SUGGESTING USE AS A KILN OR OVEN. FINDS INCLUDED LPRIA COARSE WARES. ALSO AN AREA OF BURNING & BAKED CLAY - INDUSTRIAL FUNCTION? (BI1-2,5)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC8245 Unpublished document: L Matthews. 1977. DRAFT EXCAVATION REPORT & PLANS & SECTIONS.
  • <2>SBC7436 Verbal communication: LEVY D 1977(JULY) PERS COMM.
  • <3>SBC534 Verbal communication: ARP 1977 (NOV) VISIT TO PITSTONE SOC MUSEUM (& SEE PLANS &C, CAS FILE).
  • <4>SBC6546 Verbal communication: HURMAN MRS BM 1980(APRIL) PERS COMM.
  • <5>SBC4427 Unpublished document: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARISH SURVEY PP54-69 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).

Location

Grid reference SP 94400 14300 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10730)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10877)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2023 7:43PM

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