Find Spot record 0581000000 - S OF OLD RAILWAY LINE

Summary

Roman pottery and mortarium fragments found on surface of ploughed field

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Probable Roman industrial site found by metal-detecting and geophysical survey (DBC9980)

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Type and Period (2)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)
  • INDUSTRIAL SITE? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

COLLECTED FROM PLOUGHED FIELD: RB SHERDS INCLUDING MORTARIA, COLOUR COAT BEAKER BASE ETC (B1). (PROBABLY SAME SITE AS CASS 5331, ADJACENT).
Geophysical survey carried out by Bartlett-Clark Consultancy in October-November 2010 identified a dense area of strong magnetic activity and anomalies of a possible ditched enclosure, tentatively interpreted as a possible Roman industrial site (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC2973 Verbal communication: Tom Clark. 1992. CLARK T H, & FARLEY M E, PERS COMM, FEB 1992.
  • <2>SBC24047 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2010. Land at Broughton, Aylesbury: Cultural Heritage Baseline. Appendix 1 p11,16, Fig 12; Appendix 2 p8,10,14, Fig 7,14,29.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8371 1448 (180m by 110m)
Civil Parish BIERTON WITH BROUGHTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MORTARIUM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Geophysical surveys (EBC17434)
  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC10440)

Record last edited

Jul 8 2024 10:37PM

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