Monument record 0660400000 - Berryfields

Summary

Roman roadside settlement recorded in geophysical survey and fielwalking and confirmed by trial trenching.

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  • Planning Notification Area: Roman roadside settlement found by geophysical survey, fieldwalking and trial trenching

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Type and Period (7)

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
  • PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TRACKWAY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BEAM SLOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Berryfields fieldwalking, artefact scatter located on eastern side of Field 3 (B1).
Area roughly coincides with geophysics area 16, linear and pit-like anomalies indicative of Roman roaside 'ladder' settlement along the NW side of a probable NE-SW aligned road or trackway (B2).
D Levy recalls seeing bulldozing of earthworks in this area in 1943 (B3). Nothing visible on 1946 or subsequent APs.
Trial trenching carried out by Oxford Archaeology in March and April 2002 identified beam slots or footings for timber-framed buildings, pits and gullies, with pottery dating from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The trackway seems to have been largely destroyed by medieval and post-medieval ploughing although shallow traces of the flanking ditches remain. Occupation of the settlement may have peaked in the 2nd century. See report for detail (B4).

Sources (9)

  • ---SBC19172 Unpublished document: GSB Prospection. 1999. Berryfields Farm, (Quarrendon), Aylesbury: Geophysical Survey Report.
  • ---SBC19174 Unpublished document: GSB Prospection. 1999. Western Link Road Corridor, Aylesbury (Quarrendon) Geophysics.
  • ---SBC19176 Unpublished document: Foundations Archaeology. 1999. Western Link Road Corridor, (Quarrendon) Aylesbury, Bucks. Fieldwalking.
  • ---SBC25118 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2016. Aylesbury, Berryfields MDA further trenching 2016: Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <1>SBC19175 Unpublished document: Foundations Archaeology. 1999. Berryfields, Bicester Road, Aylesbury: Archaeological Fieldwalking.
  • <2>SBC19173 Unpublished document: GSB Prospection. 1999. Berryfields II, (Quarrendon), Aylesbury: Geophysical Survey Report.
  • <3>SBC19295 Unpublished document: D Levy & M Farley. 2001. Pers. Comm between Levy D and Farley M.
  • <4>SBC19828 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2002. Berryfields, Aylesbury: Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <5>SBC25240 Monograph: Edward Biddulph, Kate Brady, Andrew Simmonds & Stuart Foreman et al. 2019. Berryfields: Iron Age Settlement and a Roman Bridge, Field System and settlement Along Akeman Street near Fleet Marston.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 79106 15639 (266m by 323m)
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: Aylesbury Berryfields MDA further trenching, 2016 (Ref: AYBF16) (EBC18107)
  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (Ref: AYBF 02) (EBC16155)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (EBC15818)

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 1:48PM

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