Monument record 0413600000 - Fenton, LITTLE HORWOOD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Roman finds scatter found whilst metal-detecting and fieldwalking
- SHINE: Large scatter of Roman pottery, tile and metalwork NW of Horwood House, found by fieldwalking and metal-detecting, associated with cropmarks identified on aerial photos
Map
Type and Period (4)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
- SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- RING DITCH (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
Description
RB POTTERY, COINS & OTHER METAL OBJECTS FOUND IN CONFINED AREA OF FIELD (NGR TO SITE CENTRE, 850M SSE OF LITTLE HORWOOD CHURCH)(B1).
COINS & OTHER METAL ARTEFACT FOUND WITH METAL DETECTOR (B2-3).
SMALL QUANTITY OF POTSHERDS MIGHT INDICATE A SPECIAL FUNCTION SITE, PERHAPS VOTIVE? (B4).
[Cropmarks of enlosures seen on 2003 aerial photo]
A settlement site of Iron Age/Romano-British date is visible on historic aerial photographs as cropmarks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located approximately 650m south of Little Horwood and centred at SP 79174 30024. A subrectaungular enclosure (45x55m) containing a ring ditch (17m in diameter), with another subrectanular enclosure (37x29m) adjoining it are visible as cropmarks within a larger subrectangular enclosure (115x73m). A separate subrectangular enclosure (33x30m) is visible approximately 15m to the west of this. Finds of Romano-British pottery and prehistoric flint flakes are recorded on the site. (7-9)
Sources (9)
- <1>SBC2112 Bibliographic reference: BULL E J (CMAG) JAN 1978 SITE VISIT.
- <2>SBC4805 Unpublished document: FARLEY M E (BCM) & MR D SHELLEY APRIL/MAY 1983 FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC4807 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) & SHELLEY D G OCT 1983 (& SEE REPORT, FILED).
- <4>SBC2100 Verbal communication: BULL E J & FARLEY M E (BCM) NOV 1983 PERS COMM.
- <5>SBC14501 Verbal communication: SHELLEY D G OCT 1984 PERS COMM TO FARLEY M E (BCM) (SEE LETTER FILED AT CAS 5457).
- <6>SBC20208 Article in serial: E J Bull and Julian Hunt. 1996. 'Rewalking the Tenth-century Perambulation of Winslow Manor', in Recs of Bucks 38 pp90-108. Vol 38.
- <7>SBC25870 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1994. NMR 15134_060 14-Jul-1994.
- <8>SBC25871 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1994. NMR 15108_033 11-Jul-1994.
- <9>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SP7829 2015-Jul-03 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7919 3002 (134m by 126m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (6)
- CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 2201 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 2201 BC?)
- BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC10224)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
- Event - Intervention: Field survey and metal detecting N of Horwood House (EBC11443)
- Event - Intervention: Metal-detecting (EBC14460)
Record last edited
Nov 6 2022 9:35PM
