Monument record 0580101000 - STOWE SCHOOL GROUNDS pit with Roman pottery

Summary

Straight sided pit, filled with pebbles and Roman tile fragments found in groundworks

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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Type and Period (1)

  • PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0050 cm Height 0030
A STRAIGHT SIDED PIT 30CM DEEP, 50CM WIDE (N-S). W EXTENT OF FEATURE UNKNOWN. FILL OF PEBBLES & ROMAN TILE FRAGMENTS UP TO 12CM. SIMILAR BRICKS & UNGLAZED BROWNISH POTTERY REPORTEDLY FOUND IN INSTALLING DRAINAGE IN PLAYING FIELDS TO S, MAY REPRESENT A MORE EXTENSIVE ROMAN SETTLEMENT (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC16363 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1990 (SEE TYPESCRIPT REPORT FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 68092 38444 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12192)

Record last edited

Mar 27 2020 8:56AM

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