Monument record 0562506000 - E of Coldharbour Farm

Summary

Early Iron Age settlement identified by evaluation and excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (8)

  • PIT (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • TRACKWAY (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • GRANARY? (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • GULLY (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • FENCE (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)

Description

Early Iron Age features from Cold Harbour Farm excavation. Settlement, pits, boundary ditch, 3 round houses, trackway, enclosures, 4-post structures, gullies and fence lines. Finds pottery (see detailed descriptions), animal bone, human skull fragments, worked flint and loomweight fragments (B3-4)

Sources (2)

  • <3>SBC19297 Article in serial: Bonner D and Parkhouse J. 1997. Investigations at the Prehistoric site at Coldharbour Farm, Aylesbury.
  • <4>SBC19298 Article in serial: Parkhouse J. 1997. Coldharbour Farm, Aylesbury in South Midlands Archaeology 27.

Location

Grid reference SP 8060 1365 (point)
Civil Parish HARTWELL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (5)

  • VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
  • LOOMWEIGHT (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation Coldharbour Farm (EBC15832)

Record last edited

Mar 15 2022 12:46PM

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