Monument record 0960500000 - Taplow-Dorney pipeline: Site B LBA-EIA pits and ditches
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- DITCH (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- PIT (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
- POST HOLE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
Description
Archaeological geophysical survey, evaluation trial trenching, excavation and a watching brief were undertaken on the Taplow-Dorney water pipeline.
Very little was identified in the geophysical survey or trial trenching along the proposed route of the pipeline (B1 & B3).
A number of features dating to the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age were identified at Site B. A ditch was identified in Area 1 (most northerly area) and a ditch and pit in Area 4 (further south). Area 5 (near the railway) contained a pit and post-holes of this date (B4). NGR to corner of Areas 4 and 5.
Site B intercepted at least two late Bronze Age ditches, and there may have been others without dating evidence from the excavated sections. The evidence cannot confirm whether they were out of use by the time Site A was occupied, although it would be reasonable to expect some fields in the area to relate to the agricultural regime of the settlement (B5).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC23059 Unpublished document: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 2003. Taplow to Dorney pipeline: report on archaeogeophysical survey. p 9.
- <2>SBC23060 Unpublished document: Stratascan. 2003. A report for Thames Water Utilities Ltd on a geophysical survey carried out at Taplow.
- <3>SBC23061 Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2004. Taplow to Dorney water pipeline: archaeological evaluation for Thames Water Utilities Ltd. p 7.
- <4>SBC23062 Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2005. Taplow to Dorney Pipeline: post-excavation assessment and updated project design. p 10.
- <5>SBC23701 Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2009. A Late Prehistoric Hilltop Settlement and other excavations along the Taplow to Dorney water pipeline 2003-04.
- <6>SBC25051 Article in serial: Jonathan Hart, E R McSloy, & Andrew Mudd. 2011. 'A Late Prehistoric Hilltop Settlement and Other Excavations Along the Taplow to Dorney Water Pipeline, 2003-04', in Recs of Bucks 51 pp1-44. Vol 51.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91100 81405 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SHERD (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation, excavation and watching brief on Taplow-Dorney pipeline (Ref: 1672) (EBC16925)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical survey along Taplow-Dorney pipeline (EBC16923)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical survey on Taplow-Dorney pipeline (Ref: 1777) (EBC16924)
Record last edited
Sep 10 2018 7:55PM
