Monument record 0548000000 - GLEN ISLAND,100M FROM RIVER

Summary

Middle to Late Iron Age pit found digging a cess pool on Glen Island

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Iron Age pottery found in digging cesspool

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • RUBBISH PIT (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 400 BC to 42 AD)

Description

CONTENTS OF RUBBISH PIT (?) FOUND BY R M PALIN, IN DIGGING A CESSPOOL C.3.5M DEEP, 20M FROM GLEN ISLAND HOUSE. FINDS INCLUDE MIDDLE/LATE IRON AGE POTTERY (00:001); ANIMAL TEETH (00:002)(B1).
MATERIAL GIVEN TO BCM ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF THAT PRESENT. SIMILAR POTTERY OCCURS FURTHER N ALONG BANK OF ISLAND (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC9437 Unpublished document: Leslie Cram (Reading Museum) & R M Palin. 1983. CORRESPONDENCE, DEC 1983, AND ENSUING CORRESPONDENCE WITH MIKE FARLEY.
  • <2>SBC11494 Verbal communication: R M Palin. 1987. PERS COMM TO MIKE FARLEY, SEPT 1987.

Location

Grid reference SU 9037 8212 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find during digging of a cess pit (EBC11849)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2024 12:03AM

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