Monument record 0084400000 - LAVENDER'S PIT

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Early Palaeolithic flint scatters, Neolithic site and Saxon finds from gravel quarry

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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).
PIT AT NGR (B9).

Sources (12)

  • <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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13407)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13409)

Record last edited

Mar 14 2024 7:21AM

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