Monument record 0961600000 - N of Aldbury Nowers on Pitstone Hill

Summary

Bronze Age barrow identified in field survey on Pitstone Hill

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROUND BARROW (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Description

Round barrow 16.8m in diamater (to outer edge of ditch). The ditch is 2.5m wide, 0.10-0.15m deep. Mound immediately inside ditch and 11.8m diameter by 0.60m high. At centre of mound there is an oval robbing pit 4.0m long, 2.8m wide by 0.15m deep, aligned E-W. The low mound, with no evidence truncation indicates that this is a disc barrow. On open grass. Earthworks low but distinct on steep slope - 2m drop across barrow (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SBC20698 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2003.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, p36.

Location

Grid reference SP 95041 13951 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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

Record last edited

Feb 28 2008 4:43PM

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