Monument record 0401006000 - PITSTONE QUARRY NO 2

Summary

Roman cobbled surface which may have been outside or the floor of a house found in excavation

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Type and Period (1)

  • FLOOR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

AREA OF COBBLING. RO SHERDS INCLUDING DRAG 27 SAMIAN FOUND ON, & COMPRESSED INTO, THE COBBLED SURFACE. IT MAY HAVE FORMED THE FLOOR OF A BUILDING BUT NO WALLS, POSTHOLES OR FOUNDATION TRENCHES WERE FOUND. PERHAPS WALLS WERE ERECTED ON SILL-BEAMS, LEAVING LITTLE TRACE (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SBC8245 Unpublished document: L Matthews. 1977.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SBC4427 Unpublished document: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARISH SURVEY PP54-69 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).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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