Monument record 0961400000 - PITSTONE HILL

Summary

Possible Neolithic flint mine or medieval chalk pit recorded in survey of Pitstone Hill

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (3)

  • FLINT MINE? (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
  • QUARRY? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) CHALK PIT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)

Description

Quarry pit, sub-circular and cut into steeply sloping W flank of Pitstone Hill. 12m in diameter. Scarp into slope has previously collapsed and is unstable and liable to further slippage. Base of quarry pit is very uneven as a result of intensive rabbit burrowing. Broad spread of soil on slope below pit also much disturbed by rabbit burrowing (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC20698 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2003. Archaeological Survey of Aldbury Nowers, Pitstone Hill and Down Farm, on the Ashridge Estate: January - March 2003. Vol 2, p 38.

Location

Grid reference SP 94921 14211 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Survey of Pitstone Hill and Down Farm (EBC16941)

Record last edited

Dec 17 2024 9:02PM

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