Monument record 0516503001 - IVINGHOE COMMON

Summary

Early Roman enclosure ditch recorded in excavation trench

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Type and Period (1)

  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (1st Century Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)

Description

SECTION DUG ACROSS NW BOUNDARY OF S PART OF ENCLOSURE. DITCH HAD STEEP SIDES AND ROUNDED BOTTOM WITH A BANK ON EITHER SIDE. BANKS SEALED OLD LAND SURFACE SUGGESTING PRE-ENCLOSURE CULTIVATION. PROBABLE 1ST CENT AD DATE CANNOT YET BE EXTENDED TO OTHER ENCLOSURES. POTTERY, SEE 03:002 (B1).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC16359 Unpublished document: Angus Wainright. 1985. ASHRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY INTERIM REPORT.
  • <2>SBC9454 Unpublished document: 1982. MR.R.DODGE AND M.E.FARLEY, JULY 1982 (PER W R G MOORE, NORTHAMPTON MUSEUM).
  • <3>SBC2255 Bibliographic reference: C.H.DALWOOD,1984/M.D.A.CARDS (SEE ALSO O'CONNOR B 1980 CROSS-CHANNEL RELATIONS IN THE LATER BRONZE A.
  • <4>SBC4428 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP70-71 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).

Location

Grid reference SP 97850 13860 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12332)

Record last edited

Jan 4 2024 11:28AM

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