Monument record 0689601000 - N of Eton Rowing Lake (Areas 3 and 5): Jetty

Summary

A double line of posts with a single line close by to the east is interpreted as a Bronze Age jetty, excavated in advance of Eton Rowing Course

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • JETTY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • BRIDGE? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Oxford Archaeology reports the finding of a possibly jetty (feature 3887). Two lines of post were found with another single line closeby to the east. Close to the eastern structure, a wooden ard was found (dated to late bronze Age), Feature 7202 is now also believed to possibly be a jetty (B1).

Sources (10)

  • ---SBC19097 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1995. The Eton College Rowing Lake, Dorney, South Bucks..
  • ---SBC19717 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1995. South Midlands Archaeology 25, 1995. No 25.
  • ---SBC19770 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1997. South Midlands Archaeology 27, 1997.
  • ---SBC19988 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 1996. Eton College Rowing Lake, Dorney, South Buckinghamshire - Archaeological Evaluations 1995.
  • ---SBC19989 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. The Eton College Rowing Lake, Dorney, South Buckinghamshire - Archaeological Evaluations 1995.
  • ---SBC20194 Article in serial: Tim Allen and Ken Walsh. Eton Rowing lake. 148. pp124-7.
  • ---SBC2399 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1986. The Dorney Study: An Archaeological Implications Report.
  • <1>SBC19846 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1998. South Midlands Archaeology 28, 1998. 28. pp80.
  • <2>SBC19799 Monograph: Stuart Foreman, Jonathan Hiller and David Petts et al. 2002. Gathering the people, settling the land: the archaeology of a middle Thames landscape.
  • <3>SBC19979 Unpublished document: Mike Farley and Angus Wainwright. 1990. Correspondence relating to the parchmarks noted on the South Lawn, Stowe, in 1990.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 93080 78114 (15m by 1m)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • ARD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11855)
  • Event - Intervention: Eton College Rowing Course Project (EBC16357)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2022 3:10PM

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