Monument record 0508200000 - LITTLE GOMMS WOOD: tile works

Summary

Possible site of medieval tile and pottery kiln indicated by place name evidence and field walking finds, but kiln not located by geophysical survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Multi-period finds scatters found by fieldwalking, geophysics and metal-detecting

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Type and Period (2)

  • TILE WORKS? (14th Century - 1300 AD? to 1399 AD?)
  • POTTERY KILN? (14th Century - 1300 AD? to 1399 AD?)

Description

DENSE SCATTER OF MEDIEVAL ROOF TILE & SEVERAL SHERDS. CHARTER OF C.1200 MENTIONS 'TYGEL FORLANG' IN AREA (TILEWORKS?). FOUND BY M GREEN (NOTES FILED) (B1). FIELD WALKING IN 30M SQUARES/STRIPS SHOWS EVIDENCE FOR PREHISTORIC TO ROMANO-BRITISH OCCUPATION & C14 POTTERY/TILE PRODUCTION (B2-3,B6, B9,B11). CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (B7). Notes on history of Gomm Valley (B12).
Desk-based assessment Gomm Valley (B14, 15)

Sources (17)

  • <1>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D0279.
  • <1>SBC5847 Unpublished document: 1981. GREEN M, CAUVAIN S & P FARLEY M E (VIA MR J C TRENCH) DEC 1981.
  • <2>SBC2641 Unpublished document: Stan and Pauline Cauvain. 1982. CAUVAIN S & P APRIL 1982 (SEE LIST OF FINDS & MAP FILED).
  • <3>SBC2646 Unpublished document: Stan and Pauline Cauvain. 1982. CAUVAIN S & P SEPT 1982 (SEE LIST OF FINDS & MAP FILED).
  • <4>SBC6454 Unpublished document: 1985. HOPKINS A P & FARLEY M E MARCH 1985 (SEE CORRESPONDENCE ETC).
  • <5>SBC6453 Unpublished document: 1987. HOPKINS A P & FARLEY M E, MAY/AUGUST 1987 (SEE CORRESPONDENCE ETC).
  • <6>SBC2601 Article in serial: P Cauvain, S Cauvain and M Green. 1989. 'PREHISTORIC, ROMANO-BRITISH & C14 ACTIVITY AT ASHWELLS, TYLERS GREEN', IN RECS OF BUCKS 31 PP111 -119. Vol 31. pp111-119.
  • <7>SBC2652 Unpublished document: Stan Cauvain. 1991. STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CERAMIC MATERIALS FROM MEDIEVAL KILNS IN SOUTH BUCKS.
  • <8>SBC20079 Unpublished document: Miles Green. 2003. Penn Tiles.
  • <9>SBC20581 Unpublished document: Stan and Pauline Cauvain. 1989. CAUVAIN S & T NOV 1989 (SEE LIST OF FINDS AND MAP, FILED).
  • <10>SBC20616 Verbal communication: H F Crane. Undated. CRANE H F TO WISE J 1995.
  • <11>SBC19117 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1999. Gomm Valley, High Wycombe: Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.
  • <12>SBC20667 Unpublished document: Miles Green. 1999. Gomm Valley - a brief history.
  • <13>SBC20700 Bibliographic reference: Miles Green. 2003. Medieval Penn Floor Tiles. pp42,45 (T5).
  • <14>SBC25129 Unpublished document: Arcadis. 2016. Cultural Heritage desk-based Assessment.
  • <15>SBC25130 Unpublished document: Arcadis. 2018. Cultural Heritage Desk-Based Assessment Addendum.
  • <16>SBC25543 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 2020. Ashwells Field, Cock Lane, Tylers Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Archaeological Evaluation.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8988 9307 (220m by 310m)
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (12)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Desk-based assessment for Gomm Valley (EBC18117)
  • Event - Survey: Fieldwalking (EBC16401)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (EBC16405)

Record last edited

Dec 14 2023 12:47PM

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