Monument record 0790100000 - VICINITY OF DINTON CASTLE

Summary

Hollow associated with medieval pottery found digging the foundations for the castle in the eighteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

  • HOLLOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR.
EXCAVATION OF A/S CEMETERY ALSO LOCATED A PLAYING-CARD SHAPED, FLAT BOTTOMED FEATURE BOUNDED ON NE SIDE BY A CURVING GULLY, CONTAINING POTTERY. ON THIS SUNKEN AREA LAY A SLAB OF LIMESTONE. THE WHOLE MAY BE INTERPRETED AS A HOVEL (FURTHER DESCRIPTION). POTTERY (SEE 03:001)(B13).

Sources (1)

  • <13>SBC6516 Article in serial: Andrew Hunn, Jo Lawson & Mike Farley. 1994. 'THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY AT DINTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES VOL 7 PP85-148.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7653 1165 (10m by 170m)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10299)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10542)

Record last edited

May 22 2022 7:21PM

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