Monument record 0461800000 - 'SPRINGWOOD', HEDGERLEY LANE

Summary

Two early Roman pottery kilns found in a garden on Hedgerley Lane, confirmed by geophysical survey and one subsequently excavated.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Roman pottery kilns found during landscaping work and partly excavated

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • POTTERY KILN (2nd Century - 100 AD? to 199 AD?)

Description

LARGE QUANTITY OF RB SHERDS DISCOVERED BY MISS K BARB DURING LANDSCAPE GARDENING. PROTON MAGNETOMETER SURVEY REVEALED 2 ANOMALIES, ONE OF WHICH WAS NEAR THE SITE OF A NEWLY PLANTED TREE. THIS AREA WAS EXCAVATED BY MID THAMES AND CHESS VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES & A KILN REVEALED (01:000). SIMILAR DATE TO HEDGERLEY (CASS 01523)(B1-4).
NEARBY KILN [CASS 01527].

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC4970 Unpublished document: FARLEY M E DEC 1979 (SEE PLANS, PHOTOS & CORRESPONDENCE).
  • <2>SBC14810 Article in serial: STAINTON B & STANLEY C INTERIM REPORT; TIMESPAN 1981 PP6-8 + FIGS 1-2, & CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER 10 1980 PP15-19, FIGS 4-5.
  • <3>SBC4971 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E, PERS COMM, DEC 1980.
  • <4>SBC14809 Article in serial: Bambi Stainton and Chris Stanley. 1987. 'A ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY KILN AT SPRINGWOOD, GERRARDS CROSS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 29 PP160-169. Vol 29.

Location

Grid reference SU 99230 87500 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC13676)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC11535)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (EBC11536)

Record last edited

Dec 1 2023 11:43AM

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