Monument record 0632300000 - RAF Medmenham
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (4)
- PIT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 700 BC to 101 BC)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- PIT (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
Description
Trial trenching at the site of the former RAF Medmenham identified scattered pits and ditches of probable IA date and truncated structural remains belonging to Danesfield house, a country mansion demolished c.1901 (see 04546:02 for detail of later activity phases) (B1).
5 further scattered pits were identified during a watching brief carried out during groundworks by Northamptonshire Archaeology between July 2001 and June 2002. 4 of the pits were undated; the 5th contained Middle Iron Age pottery, charcoal, fired clay, animal bone, burnt flint and burnt stone and is likely to be related to 2 pits also with Middle Iron Age pottery found nearby during the earlier evaluation trial trenching (B2).
NGR to centre of site.
Negative watching brief carried out by Northamptonshire Archaeology in October and November 2008 during groudworks for new cricket pavilion. Area had previous disturbance associated with construction of RAF base (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC19427 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 1998. SAS Institute, Upper Wittingham: Archaeological Evaluation.
- <2>SBC22275 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2005. An Archaeological Watching Brief at the SAS Institute, Medmenham, July 2001-June 2002.
- <3>SBC23326 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2009. Archaeological Watching Brief at SAS Institute, Medmenham.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 8171 8466 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (6)
- VESSEL (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- LOOMWEIGHT (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- BURNT FLINT (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC? to 101 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 700 BC to 101 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: Trial trenching (EBC16542)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC16543)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC17156)
Record last edited
Sep 8 2022 5:41PM
