Monument record 0057500000 - IXHILL FARM

Summary

Roman pottery, tile, metalwork and building stone found in agricultural work suggest building may be present

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Archaeological Notification Area: Site of a Roman building suggested by finds scatters (DBC9088)
SHINE: Buried remains of Roman buildings found by fieldwalking and during agricultural work (DBC8184)

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SETTLEMENT? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

ROMAN COINS, POTTERY, FLUE-TILES ETC FOUND IN FIELD, (NGR TO CENTRE), C.1892 (B1).
& SUBSEQUENTLY, DURING CULTIVATION & ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK (B6,B8).
ALSO 'SEVERAL CARTLOADS' OF STONE REMOVED IN C19 (B1,B5).
SITE OF A SETTLEMENT OR HOUSE? (B6). (SEE ALSO CASS 05683).

Roman pottery and coins found in a field at Ixhill Farm in 1892 during removal of stones interfering with ploughing. Finds also included part of a flue tile. It seems probable that there was some Roman building here (B1).

Roman coins (numbering 179) dated by Ashmolean Museum 259-378 AD were found over many years in a field centred at SP 654100 particularly in area SP65401006, the last found ten years ago. In 1974 in the N and W hedgerows of this field M Farley found some 66 Roman sherds including Samian and Nene Valley ware, and it is his opinion that the coins do not represent a hoard but that the quantity of finds suggest a settlement. (B6, B10, and B11).

The field is under mowing grass; many Roman sherds were found in the perimeter hedge-banks during field investigation. Nothing visible on the available Aps (B12, AP B13).

NRHE Insert 1997 (B14).

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

Sources (14)

<1>SBC1686 Article in serial: BERKS BUCKS & OXON ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 1898 4 P 46.
<2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire Volume 1. Volume 1. p263.
<3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p10.
<4>SBC11296 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD, FILED.
<5>SBC6171 Verbal communication: HAWES H 1974 PERS COMM TO EJ BULL& ER KENDRICK.
<6>SBC8478 Bibliographic reference: 1974. MEF,EJ BULL, RI LITTLE 1974 (9 MAY) FIELD VISIT.
<7>SBC2767 Bibliographic reference: CE KING ET AL 1974 REPORT ON IXHILL FARM COINS (IN CAS FILE) (NOT TO BE PUBLISHED).
<8>SBC6414 Verbal communication: HILTON R 1987(NOV) PERS COMM. ALSO SEE HILTON R 1 987 OAKLEY PARISH SURVEY (IN CAS FILE 2738).
<9>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p80.
<10>SBC28526 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 0575.
<11>SBC28527 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1961. F43-58/RAF/4655 0003-4 30.8.61.
<12>SBC28529 Verbal communication: M Fletcher. 1976. Field Investigator Comments - MJF 10-JUN-76.
<13>SBC28530 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1974. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photo - 74/242/47 29.9.74.
<14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6541 1006 (239m by 225m)
Civil Parish	OAKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC1198)

Record last edited

Dec 4 2025 10:22AM