Monument record 0568200000 - EAST STREET,CHESHAM (CES 89)

Summary

Mesolithic to Neolithic artefacts found in excavation on East Street

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Mesolitic to Neolithic occupation site found in excavations (DBC9188)

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Type and Period (1)

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

ADJACENT TO CASS 01875, EXCAV BY CVAHS IN 1969 & 1982. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS SEALED BENEATH 0.5M OF MODERN OVERBURDEN, CUT IN PLACES BY POST-MED FEATURES. EARLIEST DEPOSIT A PERIGLACIAL GRAVEL. LOWEST PART OF DEPOSIT CONTAINED FLINT DEBRIS, BURNT FLINT, BONE & NEO/BA SHERDS (FURTHER DETAIL) (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3097 Bibliographic reference: COLLARD M A JULY 1989 (SEE SITE ARCHIVE ETC FILED).
  • <2>SBC3094 Article in serial: Mark Collard (BCM). 1990. EAST STREET CHESHAM: INTERIM REPORT, IN SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 20 P18.

Location

Grid reference SP 95983 01468 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10671)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10958)

Record last edited

Dec 29 2022 12:15PM

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