Monument record 0527600000 - MISBOURNE VIADUCT: MWY

Summary

Mesolithic to Bronze Age activity excavated at the Misbourne Viaduct

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Archaeological Notification Area: Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation and flint working site found by fieldwalking and during road construction (DBC9838)
Local Heritage List 2974: TEN ACRE FIELD, I.O.W. FARM (DBC10307)

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Type and Period (2)

OCCUPATION SITE? (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)
LITHIC WORKING SITE? (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

(FOR FINDS BEFORE M25, WHEN SITE WAS 2 FIELDS, SEE CASS 04041)(B1).
FOR GENERAL INFO ON M25 SITES SEE CASS 05483 (B2).
SITE CODES: MWY 529-538; 600-606; 709 (B4).
EVIDENCE FOR MESOLITHIC, (01:000) NEOLITHIC & BRONZE AGE OCCUPATION (02:000; 03:000) (B3).
A mesolithic site was excavated in 1967 in advance of the construction of a new road. Details are not available, but an excavation report is pending. The area between the railway and road centred at c.TQ016 879 has been designated by the Buckinghamshire County Museum as one which would require archaeological investigation; it could be directly affected by the preferred route for the M25 (B6).

(TQ 0157 8800). In 1983, in a field known to have produced Neolithic-Bronze Age flakes, Mr and Mrs Bridbury dug a trial hole in advance of the construction of the M25 and encountered Mesolithic flints. A subsequent small-scale excavation by Buckinghamshire County Museum exposed a substantial tufa deposit, in the lower part of which, and in the gravel beneath, were Late Mesolithic flints and animal bones. There was clearly on-site knapping, with much fresh flint, including cores. Some microliths were recovered, but few other tools. Finds in Buckinghamshire County Museum (B5).

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<1>SBC2550 Bibliographic reference: CASS 04041.
<2>SBC2557 Bibliographic reference: CASS 05483.
<3>SBC4890 Excavation archive: Mike Farley & Mrs H Bridbury. 1983. FARLEY M E (BCM) & MRS H BRIDBURY SEPT/DEC 1983 FIELDWORK ARCHIVE.
<4>SBC2508 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 5276.
<5>SBC19708 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1983. 'Archaeological Notes From Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Recs of Bucks Vol 25, p168-175. Vol 25. p169.
<6>SBC22555 Unpublished document: Greater London Council. 1977. The Archaeology of the Colne Valley Park. Table 4.
<7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	TQ 01550 87850 (point)
Civil Parish	GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire