Monument record 0613701001 - NEWTON LEYS

Summary

Possible Neolithic to Bronze Age settlement suggested by finds of worked flint in fieldwalking and geophysical survey.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • SETTLEMENT? (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • DITCH (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

ARCH. EVALUATION RECOVERED 538 WORKED FLINTS, LARGELY IN 2 CLUSTERS. MAJOR CLUSTER FOUND AT SOUTH OF SITE ('FIELD 12' IN THE REPORT) NGR TO APPROX. CENTRE OF CLUSTER. MATERIAL DATED FROM LATE NEO-LATE BA. HIGH PROPORTION OF ALL TOOLS FOUND & HIGH RATIO OF TOOLS TO WASTE FLAKES SUGGESTS DOMESTIC ACTIVITY (B1).
Geophysical survey carried out by Northamptonshire Archaeology in March 2010 identified a short L-shaped ditched anomaly in the same area as the concentration of fieldwalking finds. Extensive anomalies of medieval ridge and furrow were found across the area and may be masking underlying archaeology. See report for detail (B4).
Residual finds of 3 prehistoric flints recovered from middle Iron Age ditches during evaluation trial trenching and excavation carried out by Archaeological Service & Consultancy Ltd between December 2012 and May 2013 (B6).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC13795 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1995. NEWTON LONGVILLE BRICKWORKS, NEWTON LEYS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWALKING.
  • <4>SBC23668 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2010. Archaeological Geophysical Survey on Land at Drayton Road, Newton Leys.
  • <6>SBC24440 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2013. Archaeological Strip, Map, Sample Excavations and Phase 1 and 2 Trenching: Land off Drayton Road, Newton Leys.

Location

Grid reference SP 86690 30840 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE HAMMOND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching and strip, map and sample excavation (Ref: 1582/NLD) (EBC17627)
  • Event - Survey: Fieldwalking (EBC11495)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (EBC17303)

Record last edited

Aug 27 2024 10:06AM

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