Find Spot record 0419400000 - 350M W OF SCOTSGROVE HOUSE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Archaeological Notification Area: Prehistoric flintworking scatters found in fieldwalking and trial trenching (DBC9125)
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Type and Period (2)
- LITHIC SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC WORKING SITE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 1501 BC?)
Description
EXTENSIVE FLINT SCATTER LOCATED. FIELD SUBDIVIDED INTO AREAS & COMPLETELY & SYSTEMATICALLY WALKED (SEE PLAN FILED). PARTICULARLY HIGH PROPORTION OF FLINTS SEEMED TO COME FROM THE RISING GROUND FORMING MUCH OF THE E PART OF THE FIELD, OR AT ITS FOOT. QUANTITY OF MATERIAL DECREASES FROM AREA 19-53. TOTAL ASSEMBLAGE MESOLITHIC /BRONZE AGE. A VERY RICH FIELD, POSSIBLY AS ADJACENT TO RIVER (B1).
Evaluation comprising 3 trial trenches and 10 test pits carried out by Oxford Archaeology in March 2004 failed to reveal any archaeological features. 8 worked and 3 burnt flints (all undiagnostic) recovered from ploughsoil in test pits. Report includes a reassessment of the results of the 1979 fieldwalking (B2).
Several hundred flint flakes, fifty-one blades, a possible microlith, transverse and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, a number of cores and round scrapers have been found at SP70730750. The total assemblage spans the Mesolithic to Bronze Age (B3).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC5173 Unpublished document: 1979. FARLEY M E, OCT 1979.
- <2>SBC22182 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2004. Clacken Arches Farm, Scotsgrove Hill, Haddenham, Archaeological Evaluation Report.
- <3>SBC29201 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1978. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 4, pp656-665. Vol 20, part 4. p658.
- <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7075 0747 (420m by 390m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HADDENHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (9)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- BURNT FLINT (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SHERD (1st Century Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching and test pitting (Ref: HACA 04) (EBC16490)
- Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking by CMAG (EBC10492)
- Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking by CMAG (EBC15855)
Record last edited
Jul 3 2026 2:43PM
