Monument record 0571300000 - ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL,STONE

Summary

Features discovered in evaluation trenching suggest possible Neolithic and Iron Age occupation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • SETTLEMENT? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

TRENCHES DUG BEFORE BUILDING OF ELDERLY MENTALLY INFIRM SITE (A) & INDUSTRIAL TRAINING UNIT SITE (B) REVEALED NO RB OR SAXON DEPOSITS DESPITE PROXIMITY OF KNOWN RB/SAXON FINDS. FEW FEATURES/FINDS (SEE 01-02 & REPORT FILED (B1-2)).
FURTHER EVALUATION TO NORTH FINDS NEOLITHIC PIT ETC (SEE 03)(B3).
EVALUATION BY BUFAU IN 1996 FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FURTHER EVIDENCE OF NEOLITHIC ACTIVITY IN TRENCHES 10, 15 AND 16 DESPITE FEATURES FOUND IN 1992 EVALUATION (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC6515 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1989. HUNN A P DEC 1989 (SEE PLANS & SITE ARCHIVE FILED).
  • <2>SBC6509 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1989. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF TWO AREAS AT ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, STONE.
  • <3>SBC2346 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1992. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AT ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, STONE.
  • <4>SBC6844 Unpublished document: Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. 1996. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AT THE FORMER ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL, STONE.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7804 1210 (200m by 290m)
Civil Parish STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (EBC10712)
  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (EBC11102)
  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (EBC11570)

Record last edited

Jul 26 2022 9:41AM

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