Monument record 0540401000 - E END OF LONG CRENDON

Summary

Three Middle Iron Age pits, possibly for storage, found in watching brief

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Type and Period (2)

  • PIT (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) STORAGE PIT (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)

Description

MID IA FEATURES INCLUDED 3 PITS, 2 OF WHICH WERE BENEATH THE HEARTH. THESE FEATURES AT N END OF POTTERY SCATTER. SEPARATE PIT SEEMS CYLINDRICAL PROBABLY FOR GRAIN STORAGE. NEITHER OF THE OTHER 2 PITS COULD BE EXAMINED PROPERLY DUE TO BACKFILLING OF PIPE TRENCH (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC5042 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E JULY 1984.
  • <2>SBC12140 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R JULY 1984 FIELD VISIT.
  • <3>SBC2386 Article in serial: Phil Carstairs. 1984. 'IRON AGE OCCUPATION AT LONG CRENDON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 26 PP92-101. Vol 26.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6982 0925 (30m by 90m)
Civil Parish LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: LC 84) (EBC11063)

Record last edited

Jan 15 2024 8:28PM

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