Monument record 0057200000 - HAM GREEN, KINGSWOOD

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Roman roadside settlement suggested by finds during roadworks

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Type and Period (1)

  • SETTLEMENT? (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).

Sources (4)

  • <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SBC6438 Unpublished document: Hollis E (BAS). 1929.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SBC7109 Unpublished document: Dr C E King (Ashmolean Museum). 1984.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.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC12119)

Record last edited

Mar 26 2019 12:22PM

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