Monument record 0469300000 - FRIARAGE ROAD/RICKFORD HILL

Summary

Roman, Saxon, medieval, Tudor and seventeenth century finds recorded during watching brief and subsequent trial trenching on Friarage Road

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SITE (5th Century Saxon to Civil War - 410 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

SITE CODE EVG 80. DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK ON FORMER GARDEN OF GREEN END HOUSE, THE SITE WAS WATCHED FOR EVIDENCE OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE LATE SAXON DITCH (CASS 1932). HOWEVER, DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF A FEW ROMAN, SAXON, MEDIEVAL, TUDOR & POST-MEDIEVAL SHERDS, & A PROBABLE CIVIL WAR DITCH (CAS 04693:01), THE EXERCISE WAS INCONCLUSIVE (B1-2).

Sources (8)

<1>SBC8452 Verbal communication: MEF 1980 (APRIL) PERS COMM.
<2>SBC8453 Verbal communication: MEF 1980 (JULY) PERS COMM (AND SEE NOTES OF FINDS, FILED).
<3>SBC8341 Verbal communication: MEF & ARP 1983 (APRIL 9TH) PERS COMM (AND SEE PLANS AND PHOTOS).
<4>SBC8344 Article in serial: 1950-1959. JOURNAL OF SIR SAMUEL LUKE (OXFORD REC SOC 3 VOLS 1950-9).
<5>SBC22663 Article in serial: 1867. RECS OF BUCKS 3 pp99-101. Vol 3.
<6>SBC5653 Bibliographic reference: Robert Gibbs. 1885. A History of Aylesbury.
<8>SBC22662 Article in serial: George Lamb. 2001. 'Aylesbury in the Civil War', in Records of Buckinghamshire 41 pp183-189. Vol 41.
<9>SBC22665 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1980. 'Archaeological Notes From Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire 22 pp129-136. Vol 22.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 81706 13701 (75m by 56m)
Civil Parish	AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC16704)
Event - Intervention: Watching brief and trial trenching (Ref: EVG 80) (EBC10505)

Record last edited

Jan 11 2024 1:25PM