Monument record 0175704000 - THE OLD STORES, LEY HILL

Summary

Finds of fifteenth or sixteenth century pottery wasters and kiln furniture, indicating a pottery kiln in the vicinity

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • KILN? (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • POTTERY KILN? (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

M WELLS OBSERVED LAYER OF TIGHTLY-PACKED POTTERY AND TILE, DURING WORKS PRIOR TO LAYING PAVING STONES. AN AREA C.0.70 X 0.70M HAD BEEN EXCAV DOWN TO CLAY. POTTERY RECOVERED INCLUDES WASTERS & OVER-FIRED TILE; BITS OF COSTREL, CUPS & JUG HANDLES OF POSS TUDOR DATE (B5,B7).

Sources (2)

  • <5>SBC16487 Verbal communication: WELLS M PERS COMM MAY 1995.
  • <7>SBC20249 Article in serial: Chess Valley Archaeological and Historical Society. 2002. Journal of the Chess Valley Archaeological and Historical Society 2002. pp10-11.

Location

Grid reference SP 98964 01944 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (3)

  • VESSEL (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • TILE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)
  • WASTER (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD? to 1599 AD?)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Informal watching brief and salvage recording (EBC10849)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2024 7:32AM

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