Monument record 0549502000 - SE Red House Farm

Summary

Late Bronze Age curved ditch and Roman ditches, pits, gullies and inhumation associated with pottery and animal bone recorded in trial trenching

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (7)

  • DITCH (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD to 199 AD)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • GULLY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLEXED INHUMATION (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD? to 199 AD?)
  • CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CHARCOAL BURIAL (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD? to 199 AD?)

Description

Evaluation trial trenching carried out by Wessex Archaeology in September and October 1994 identified a single curvilinear ditch dated to the Late Bronze Age and a possible boundary ditch, ditches, gullies, pits and single articulated human inhumation dated to the Romano-British period. Roman pottery sherds, some C1-C2 AD, Samian (including single stamped base), finewares, coarsewares and mortaria and animal bone recovered. See report for detail (B3-5).
NGR to centre of field.

Sources (3)

  • <3>SBC19182 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1995. Lower Road, Aylesbury: Archaeological Field Evaluation.
  • <4>SBC19367 Bibliographic reference: Esmonde Cleary A S. 1995. Aylesbury, Lower Road in Britannia Vol 26.
  • <5>SBC19368 Article in serial: Melanie Gauden (Wessex Archaeology). 1995. Lower Rd, Aylesbury in South Midlands Archaeology 25. Vol 25.

Location

Grid reference SP 83164 11241 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE MANDEVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (4)

  • SHERD (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD to 199 AD)
  • MAMMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD to 199 AD)
  • SHERD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (Ref: W8466) (EBC15888)

Record last edited

Jan 21 2024 7:56PM

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