Monument record 0569600000 - BOVENEY LOCK

Summary

Concentration of prehistoric burnt flint found in river bank at Boveney Lock

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Prehistoric burnt mound suggested by flint finds in river bank (DBC9347)

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Type and Period (2)

  • BURNT MOUND? (Early Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 10000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • LITHIC SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 13m.
Plan Form - LINEAR
VISIT TO RIVERBANK AT NGR, TO CONFIRM EARLIER FINDS: CASS 02382, LOCATED BURNT FLINT CONCENTRATION IN SILTY CLAY DEPOSIT. CLUSTER WAS 70CM THICK. LATE IA SHERD IN CLAY, ALSO FIRED CLAY FRAG & BONE FROM SLUMPED MATERIAL NEARBY. VARIOUS FLINTS FOUND HERE & 5M UPSTREAM (FULL DETAILS, SECTION ETC FILED)(B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC8214 Unpublished document: N J Marples. 1989. NOTES, SECTION, MAP & PHOTOS, FILED.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9452 7780 (10m by 10m)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13377)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13379)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13380)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2021 6:01PM

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