Monument record 0401300000 - NEWHOUSE FARM, WOODHAM

Summary

Middle to Late Iron Age deposit found in watching brief during construction of a gas pipeline

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Iron Age midden or flood deposit found on gas pipeline
  • SHINE: Iron Age midden found during watching brief on gas pipeline, NW of Newhouse Farm

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Type and Period (2)

  • PALAEOCHANNEL (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD) + Sci.Date
  • MIDDEN? (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)

Description

IRON AGE BURIED GROUND SURFACE, ON LINE OF GAS PIPELINE (SITE NOS NGP311-317)(B1).
IMPORTANT SITE (B3).
OVER 40M OF BURIED SURFACE EXPOSED; PRODUCED POTTERY, BONE, CHARCOAL (B2).
FULL REPORT (WITH ENVIRONMENTAL & POT ANALYSIS); C-14 DATE 330 +/- 80 BC (B4).
NGR TO CENTRE OF EXPOSED AREA (B1).
Not buried ground surface, a layer containing pottery and animal bone deposited by a river (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC8434 Verbal communication: MEF 1977(JUNE) PERS COMM (&SEE SECTION DRAWINGS &C , CAS FILE).
  • <2>SBC8437 Verbal communication: MEF 1977(OCT) PERS COMM (&SEE ANNOTATED PLAN, CAS FILE).
  • <3>SBC14103 Verbal communication: SHACKLEY M(DR) LEICESTER UNIV, & MEF 1980(JAN)/198 1(JAN) PERS COMM.
  • <4>SBC2593 Bibliographic reference: CATHERALL PD (ED) 1984 THE SOUTHERN FEEDER PP28-35 &FIGS14-19 &PLATES1-2 (ARTICLE- FARLEY/SHACKLEY/C. pp28-29.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7112 1825 (163m by 49m)
Civil Parish WOODHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: NGP311-317 (OW10)) (EBC1076)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2023 7:45PM

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