Find Spot record 0084500000 - TRENCH IN ROAD,WOOD LANE

Summary

Three sherds of Middle Bronze Age pottery found in a trench on Wood Lane

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Archaeological Notification Area: Bronze Age pottery found in service trench (DBC9321)

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FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

Description

COARSE WARE SHERDS WITH CRUSHED FLINT GRITS. 1 SHERD WITH APPLIED THUMB PRESSED DECORATION, 1 WITH RAISED CARINATED DECORATION (B1-2).
(TQ 021825) Middle Bronze Age sherds were found in 1963 by C Stanley in a trench in the road at Wood Lane. TQ 022825 (B2).
MR C STANLEY LOCATES FINDSPOT ON 6-INCH MAP, AT NGR (B3) .
At Wood Lane, Iver, some middle Bronze Age potsherds were found in a trench by the road. No further information is known about these finds (B4.)

Three MBA sherds, held by Bucks Co Museum (Acc No 63.64), were found as described, opposite 'White Lodge' (B5).
Mr C Stanley could not confirm the amount of pottery found, but was able to indicate the location of the trench on the OS 6" at TQ 02118250. Find date June 1963 (B6 and B7).

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 (8)

<1>SBC1211 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,63.64.
<2>SBC13640 Bibliographic reference: RECS.OF BUCKS 1964 17 P205.
<3>SBC10552 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR.
<4>SBC22555 Unpublished document: Greater London Council. 1977. The Archaeology of the Colne Valley Park. Table 8.
<5>SBC29432 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 0845.
<6>SBC28282 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 25-JUN-74.
<7>SBC29433 Verbal communication: C Stanely. 1974. Comments from Mr C Stanley relating to finds of Middle Bronze Age pottery.
<8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	TQ 02110 82500 (point)
Civil Parish	IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

SHERD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Event - Intervention: (EBC10063)

Record last edited

Apr 9 2026 12:10PM