Monument record 0084400000 - LAVENDER'S PIT

Summary

Lavender's Pit noted as a landfill area restored before 1976

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Early Palaeolithic flint scatters, Neolithic site and Saxon finds from gravel quarry (DBC9334)

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Type and Period (1)

GRAVEL PIT (Modern - 1901 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

GRAVEL PIT, E OF MANSION LANE, SHREDDING GREEN. WORKED BETWEEN 1926 & 1936, & OBSERVED BY A D LACAILLE DURING THIS TIME. FINDS OF SEVERAL DATES FOUND, LOWER PALEOLITHIC (01:000) NEO/BRONZE AGE SITE (02:000) AND SAXON/VIKING (10:000). PHOTO OF PIT AT GEOLOGICAL RECORD CENTRE (B1-8).
Palaeolithic finds from Lavender's Pit held by British Museum are all listed under the Lacaille Collection (Acc Nos 1938 11-6 and 1-67). One Palaeolithic handaxe found 1939, is held by Bucks County Museum (Acc No 54-65) and 4 Clactonian flints (Lacaille Collection) are held by the Pitts River Museum - Acc Nos 1941 6.3 (B8).
PIT AT NGR (B9).

Seven small artificial hollows were exposed in Lavender's Gravel Pit (sited from plan at TQ 02418025) in March 1936. Neolithic 'B' pottery (identified by Piggott), flint implements and charcoal were found. The pit had previously produced Palaeolithic implements (B4).
Now disused and overgrown and no finds were made (B13).
Palaeolithic material from Lavender's Pit comprised:- at least 55 handaxes and 3 roughouts, 11 retouched and 67 unretouched flakes, 5 worked fragments, 2 Levallois cores and 8 flakes. Mostly in the British Museum, but some in Aylesbury Museum (B14).
The Neolithic sherds and flint implements (Authority 1) are also held by the British Museum (B15).
Lavender's Pit is being reclaimed by waste dumping (B16).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (17)

<1>SBC16415 Bibliographic reference: WARD W H & BLOCK K S 1933 HISTORY OF THE MANOR & PARISH OF IVER P1 & ILLUS OPPOSITE P8.
<2>SBC3128 Bibliographic reference: COLMER F MS NOTEBOOKS (BCM ACC NO 182.1988 (2)).
<3>SBC7187 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1936. 'THE PALAEOLITHIC SEQUENCE AT IVER, BUCKS', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 16 PP420-443. Vol 16.
<4>SBC7190 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1937. 'PREHISTORIC POTTERY FOUND AT IVER', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP287-299. Vol 13.
<5>SBC11876 Bibliographic reference: PIGGOTT S 1954 NEOLITHIC CULTURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES PP310,384.
<6>SBC7201 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1959. 'PALEOLITHS FROM BRICKEARTH IN SE BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP274-288. Vol 16.
<7>SBC17086 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P252.
<8>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
<9>SBC11924 Map: PIKE A R (BCM) FROM B4 & OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP.
<10>SBC20118 Cartographic materials: Buckinghamshire County Council. 1995. Map extracted from the Inver Industrial Areas Link Road feasibility Study.
<11>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-3 No.11 p72.
<12>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-3 No.11.
<13>SBC29423 Unpublished document: Robert L B Work. 1953. Field Investigator Comments - F1 RLBW 06-MAY-53.
<14>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
<15>SBC29427 Graphic material: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Site Index Buckinghamshire County Museum.
<16>SBC29426 Unpublished document: J R Linge. Field Investigators Comments - F2 JRL 21-JUN-74.
<17>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1997: Update 1998.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 02300 80120 (point)
Civil Parish	IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire