Monument record 0054000000 - WARD'S COOMBE, IVINGHOE

Summary

Iron Age to Roman enclosure excavated in advance of tree-planting

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument BU132: Earthwork at Wards Coombe
  • Planning Notification Area: Iron Age and Roman earthwork enclosure and cemetery found by trial trenching

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Type and Period (1)

  • ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0025 m
Plan Form - PENANNULAR
EARTHWORK FOUND DURING WOODLAND CLEARANCE (B1).
EXCAVATED BEFORE REPLANTING (B2).
PENNANULAR BANK, OPEN ON SE SIDE. INTERNAL DITCH DELIMITS SACRED AREA (B2).
TRIAL HOLE FOUND DITCH WITH IRON AGE & RB SHERDS (B1).
EXCAVATION FOUND HUMAN & HORSE SKELETONS (B2).
SCHEDULED. SCRUB & CONIFERS COVER SITE (B6).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC13669 Article in serial: 1968. RECS OF BUCKS 1968 18 P333. Vol 18.
  • <2>XYSBC13670 Article in serial: B R K Dunnett. 1972. 'REPORT ON THE TRIAL EXCAVATIONS AT WARDS COOMBE, IVINGHOE, 1971', IN RECS OF BUCKS 19 PP141-155 (COPY FILED). Vol 19. [Mapped feature: #38806 ]
  • <3>SBC2663 Article in serial: CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER 1972 2 P8.
  • <4>SBC1527 Bibliographic reference: BCM LOANS REGISTER, L 182.
  • <5>SBC8336 Bibliographic reference: MEF & ARP 1977 (14 APRIL) FIELD VISIT (PHOTOS OF EARTHWORKS FILED).
  • <6>SBC13954 Scheduling record: DoE. 1977. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS: SAM NO 132 (BUCKS) (FILED).
  • <7>SBC10867 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 91 NE 18 (FILED).
  • <8>SBC3089 Article in serial: Mark Collard & Jonathan Parkhouse. 1995. 'A BELGIC/ROMANO-BRITISH CEMETERY AT BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 35 p74. Vol 35.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 97039 15744 (65m by 77m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1383)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1399)
  • Event - Intervention: Trial trenching (EBC11135)

Record last edited

Jun 10 2020 12:18PM

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