Find Spot record 0060700002 - CASTLE HILL HOUSE

Summary

Sixty medieval cattle horn cores found in Castle Hill mound.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

ABOUT 60 HORNCORES SAID TO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN THE BODY OF THE MOTTE. SENT TO DR I W CORNWALL, INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, LONDON, FOR COMMENT. A STACK OF HORNCORES USUALLY MEANS THE SITE OF A TANNERY THOUGH THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS (B10).

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  • <10>SBC14090 Bibliographic reference: SEE CORRESPONDENCE (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 86710 93230 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12200)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13815)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13821)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13831)

Record last edited

Oct 12 2017 12:19PM

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