Monument record 0084402000 - LAVENDER'S PIT

Summary

Neolithic pits or post-holes with pottery inside found at Lavender's Pit

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • PIT? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POST HOLE? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

OBSERVATION OF TOPSOIL, 1931-6, SHOWED A NUMBER OF SMALL, CIRCULAR, CHARCOAL-FILLED FEATURES WITH SOME POTTERY. FURTHER OBSERVATION REVEALED 3 SHALLOW CIRCULAR PATCHES, 15CM RADIUS & EXACTLY 2M APART. 1 CONTAINED AN END-SCRAPER & POTTERY. PROBABLY A DOMESTIC SITE (B4-5).

Sources (2)

  • <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.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10014)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1002)

Record last edited

Apr 22 2016 8:41AM

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