Monument record 0964900000 - Trench 6, Ivinghoe Common

Summary

Undated hearths found during salvage excavations following storm damage.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • HEARTH (Unknown date)
  • METAL WORKING SITE? (Unknown date)
  • HARD STANDING? (Unknown date)

Description

2 intercutting hearths or furnaces identified during excavation carried out in a tree-throw hole by Angus Wainwright of the National Trust following the storms of January 1990. Hearths comprised shallow, flat bottomed elongated pits with rounded ends and measuring 1.6m X 0.3m and 1.8m X 0.55m, and 0.25m deep. There were traces of burning 0.1m around the edges of the features. Wainwright notes that there was a layer of cobbles over the furnaces. The tree hole throw was apparently on the line of a bank. No further information, though the National Trust appears to have a pottery report relating to the site (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC23217 Unpublished document: National Trust. 2008. Photocopy of event record and annotated site plan..

Location

Grid reference SP 9747 1437 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Salvage excavation (Ref: Trench 6) (EBC17141)

Record last edited

Jun 28 2023 8:42PM

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