Monument record 0535700000 - KINGSBURY-BUNCEFIELD PIPE

Summary

Four Roman ditches found in stripping for pipeline

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Iron Age and Roman farmstead found by geophysical survey, trial trenching and in pipeline

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Plan Form - V SHAPED
DITCH 1: RECUT 3 TIMES, 2.8M WIDE, 0.9M DEEP. NO FINDS. DITCH 2: 1.5M WIDE, 0.9M DEEP. RB SHERDS ON SURFACE. DITCH 3: RECUT 3 TIMES. 2 RB SHERDS. DITCH 4: 2.4M WIDE, 0.7M DEEP CUTS INTO A BLUE CLAY WITH BROWN CLAY FILL. FOUND ON LINE OF PIPE, C.700M S OF SLAPTON CHURCH (KBP 019-021; 037-041)(B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4921 Unpublished document: 1982. FARLEY M E 1982 (SEE NOTES FILED AT CAS 05358).
  • <2>SBC24547 Unpublished document: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2015. Land to South of Church Farm Slapton:Archaeological Evaluation Report.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9378 1748 (210m by 5140m)
Civil Parish SLAPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10931)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14016)

Record last edited

Feb 2 2018 5:53PM

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