Monument record 0661200000 - SSE of Berryfields Farm
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Iron Age settlement found by geophysical survey and trial trenching (DBC9405)
Map
Type and Period (8)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC? to 101 BC?)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC? to 101 BC?)
- SETTLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- DITCH (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC? to 101 BC?)
- POST HOLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- STAKE HOLE (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC? to 101 BC?)
- GULLY (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC? to 1001 BC?)
Description
Western corner of field 3 from fieldwalking - largely negative reults (B1).
Magnetometer survey (area 18) showing linear and pit-like anomalies and 2 ring ditches (B2).
Subsequent trial trenching carried out by Oxford Archaeology in March and April 2002 identified the site as a small setllement with roundhouses, pits, postholes, a possible fence line, and small sub-rectangular fields. Pottery recovered dated from the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age through to the Late Iron Age, with the bulk of the pottery dating to the Middle Iron Age. Animal bones recovered include cattle and sheep with smaller numbers of pig and horse bones and a single red deer bone. Charred plant remains included grains of wheat, oats and barley and weed seeds. See report for detail (B3).
Sources (4)
- <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SBC19175 Unpublished document: Foundations Archaeology. 1999.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SBC19173 Unpublished document: GSB Prospection. 1999.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>SBC19828 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2002. Berryfields, Aylesbury: Archaeological Evaluation.
- <4>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 78551 15639 (164m by 193m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (2)
- SHERD (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1000 BC to 42 AD)
- MAMMAL REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (Ref: AYBF 02) (EBC16155)
- Event - Survey: Fieldwalking (EBC15816)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (EBC15818)
Record last edited
Jul 29 2022 9:34AM
