Monument record 0057200000 - HAM GREEN, KINGSWOOD

Summary

Possible late Roman settlement indicated by pottery and metalwork found during road widening and subsequent trial trenching.

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Archaeological Notification Area: Roman roadside settlement suggested by finds during roadworks (DBC8598)

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Type and Period (2)

SETTLEMENT? (3rd Century to 4th Century - 200 AD to 399 AD)
FINDSPOT? (3rd Century to 4th Century - 200 AD to 399 AD)

Description

'ROMAN COINS & POTTERY FOUND AD 1929' AT NGR (B1).
LETTER RE ROMAN POTTERY & C.20 SMALL COINS FOUND IN ROAD WIDENING BY BCC. NO INDICATION OF HOUSE, BUT FLANGED ROOF TILE FOUND. PROPOSAL TO CUT TRENCHES N-S ACROSS SITE (B2). POTTERY, TILE, COINS FOUND IN BCM FROM 1929 EXCAVATIONS. PROBABLY A ROADSIDE SETTLEMENT (B3).

(SP 69131898) Romano-British pottery and coins found in road work on Akeman Street, June 1929 (B2).
Coins in Bucks County Museum (B6).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

NRHE Insert 1998 (B7).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC10378 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 1:10560 MAP. 1:10,560.
<2>SBC6438 Unpublished document: Hollis E (BAS). 1929. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SEC, SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON, IN BAS LETTER BOOK 1928-1929 FF390-393/1929-1930 FF55,61.
<3>SBC7218 Verbal communication: George Lamb and Mike Farley (BCM). 1977. LAMB G C & FARLEY M E, PERS COMM DEC 1977.
<4>SBC7109 Unpublished document: Dr C E King (Ashmolean Museum). 1984. KING DR C E, ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD, MARCH 1984, AND SEE BCM COIN CATALOGUE.
<5>SBC28086 Cartographic materials: R C Sansome. Annotated Record Map - Corr 6" (R Cortney Sansome).
<6>SBC27556 Digital archive: VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Bucks County Museum Roman Index.
<7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 6913 1898 (point)
Civil Parish	GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire