Find Spot record 0681900000 - 190ha E of Foxcote Wood (Whittlewood Project LE7)

Summary

Roman, medieval and eighteenth to nineteenth century pottery found in field walking

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

225 sherds of pottery were recovered during fieldwalking and suggest that a small Romano-British farmstead was located it the southern part of the field with the rest of the area under cultivation. The medieval finds suggest that the field was part of Leckhampstead's open field system (1).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC19692 Unpublished document: Richard Jones. 2002. Whittlewood Project: Fieldwalking 2002-2002 - The Pottery Part 1.
  • ---SBC19919 Unpublished document: Richard Jones. 2000. Medieval Settlements and Landscape in the Whittlewood Area: Fieldwalking 2000.
  • <1>SBC19693 Unpublished document: Richard Jones. 2002. Whittlewood Project: Fieldwalking Report 2000-2002 - The Pottery Part 2.

Location

Grid reference SP 718 369 (point)
Civil Parish LECKHAMPSTEAD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SHERD (1st Century Roman to 19th Century - 43 AD to 1899 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking for Whittlewood Project (EBC16205)

Record last edited

Jun 30 2004 2:31PM

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