Monument record 0559301000 - CROFT ROAD (WCR 87)

Summary

Two Late Iron Age boundary ditches found in excavation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0120 cm Depth/Thickness 0090
Plan Form - LINEAR
SUBSTANTIAL DITCH DATABLE TO LATE IRON AGE. PRIMARY CUT WAS BROAD & FLAT-BASED & A RE-CUT ALSO IDENTIFIED. ONLY A SHORT SECTION EXCAVATED; PLANNED FOR 7M. DITCH CUT BY LATER DITCHES, PROB LATE SAXON. ALSO A LATE IRON AGE GULLY, EXCAVATED FOR 1.4M. (FURTHER DISCUSSION, SECTION DRAWING ETC). LATE IRON AGE SETTLEMENT FOCUS MAY BE NEARBY (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC3372 Unpublished document: Hal Dalwood & Alison Hawkins. 1988. EXCAVATIONS IN WALTON AYLESBURY,1987 (TYPESCRIPT FILED WITH SITE ARCHIVE).

Location

Grid reference SP 82490 13420 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief and salvage excavations (Ref: WCR 87) (EBC10661)

Record last edited

Jul 2 2007 1:40PM

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