Monument record 0443701000 - NE OF PARISH CHURCH

Summary

Iron Age or Roman pit found in small excavation trench

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • PIT? (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)

Description

SMALL TRENCH DUG TO RELOCATE FEATURES FOUND IN EARLIER PIPELINE, REVEALED 2 FEATURES CUT INTO LIMESTONE SURFACE. LARGER OF 2 NOT TOTALLY CONTAINED WITHIN TRENCH - IRREGULAR PROFILE, ABOUT 85CM DIAMETER & QUITE SHALLOW. SMALLER FEATURE ROUGHLY CIRCULAR - ABOUT 29CM DIAMETER, AVERAGE 4-5CM DEPTH, DEEPEST 9CM . FILL INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM SEALING LAYER (B2-3).

Sources (2)

  • <2>SBC3229 Verbal communication: R Cowell & Mike Farley (BCM). 1979. COWELL MR R & FARLEY M E, PERS COMM, APRIL 1979.
  • <3>SBC24597 Article in serial: R Cowell. 1978. 'MIDDLE IRON AGE POTTERY FROM LONG CRENDON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 pp617-620. Vol 20, part4.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6990 0915 (20m by 80m)
Civil Parish LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Excavation trial trench (EBC1040)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2023 3:43PM

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