Monument record 0689602000 - N of Eton Rowing Lake (Areas 3 and 5): fence lines

Summary

Up to four lines of Bronze Age upright 'fence' posts were noted following the northern edge of the Thames channel excavated in advance of Eton Rowing Course

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Type and Period (1)

  • FENCE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Oxford Archaeology noted a sequence of seven successive phases of the Thames Channel with the river migrating northwards over time. This corresponds with up to four fence lines of upright timber noted along the northern channel. These may be associated with the enclosure to the NE (1).

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  • ---SBC19097 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1995.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.
  • ---SBC19988 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 1996.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  • ---SBC19989 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology.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  • ---SBC2399 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1986.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>SBC19770 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1997. South Midlands Archaeology 27, 1997. pp34.
  • <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SBC19979 Unpublished document: Mike Farley and Angus Wainwright. 1990.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 SU 93112 78123 (point)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

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

Record last edited

Oct 20 2022 3:11PM

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