Monument record 0442600000 - ABBEY HOUSE, BIDDLESDEN

Summary

Five mid-Roman pottery kilns found in construction, one partially excavated

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  • Planning Notification Area: Roman industrial complex of 5 pottery kilns

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Type and Period (1)

  • POTTERY KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

3 CERTAIN & 1 PROBABLE RB POTTERY KILNS FOUND BY DIGGER DRIVER WHILE DIGGING SLURRY PIT FOR NEW DAIRY BUILDING (AT NGR). 1 KILN PARTIALLY EXCAVATED. POTTERY RECOVERED FROM KILN SITE & DITCHES. NOTES, PLANS, PHOTOS ETC FILED (B1).
UNUSUAL STRUCTURE OF KILNS DISCUSSED (B2).
4 KILNS OF MID C2, 1 FLAVIAN PERIOD (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC8444 Verbal communication: MEF 1978(NOV) PERS COMM.
  • <2>SBC14985 Bibliographic reference: SWAN V 1984 POTTERY KILNS OF ROMAN BRITAIN P112.
  • <3>SBC17007 Article in monograph: WOODS P, TURLAND R, HASTINGS S. 1981. 'A ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY AT BIDDLESDEN, BUCKS' IN BAR INT SER 123 PP369-395.
  • <4>SBC16621 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1994. BIDDLESDEN, ABBEY HOUSE, WATCHING BRIEF.

Location

Grid reference SP 63930 39720 (point)
Civil Parish BIDDLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11534)
  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC17415)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 3:34PM

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