Monument record 0062703600 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Ten Late Bronze Age pits recorded in excavation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • PIT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
10 PITS SYMMETRICALLY CUT INTO CHALK WITH SMOOTH VERTICAL SIDES TO AVERAGE DEPTH 25CM. 7 IN NE QUAD, 2 IN NW, 1 IN SE. FILL: FINE CHALKY SOIL. CHARCOAL IN 1 PIT. ALL PITS HAD ANIMAL BONE, USUALLY BURNT & OX OR PIG, & SOME DEER. 2 PITS HAD LBA POT. CUT INTO OLD TURF LINE. NOT POST HOLES (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC6205 Article in serial: J F Head (with contributions from W F Grimes, F G Parsons, F C Fraser, A S Kennard & J Cecil Mary). 1938. 'THE EXCAVATION OF THE COP ROUND BARROW, BLEDLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP313-351. Vol 13, part 5.

Location

Grid reference SP 77330 01090 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10021)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 1:33PM

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