Monument record 0093000000 - ELLESBOROUGH GOLF CLUB

Summary

Iron Age pits recorded in early excavation

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PIT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

DISCOVERED IN MAKING NEW BUNKER GREEN NO. 8 & ANOTHER BUNKER TO N. EXCAVATED BY A H COCKS. CLAIMS EXAMPLES OF 'PIT DWELLINGS' (B1).
COMPARED WITH CONTEMPORARY SITE AT BLEDLOW (B4).

Iron Age storage pits of the Little Woodbury type (B3) were discovered on the golf course at Ellesborough, in 1907, during the construction of a new bunker known as "Green No 8" (Golf Course centred at SP 845067). A quantity of animal bones and pottery sherds were revealed in a circular hole, about 6'6" deep and 7'6" in diameter, immediately at, and below a slight ridge which is possibly the remains of an old hedge bank, roughly parallel to, and at the base of, Combe Hill. The second site where similar finds were made was situated on the lower side of the ridge, about ten yards further south towards the Club House in Combe Hamlet. Pottery dated by R A Smith to the 3rd or 4th C BC. In 1908 half a dozen pieces of pottery intermingled with a few flint flakes, not more than 2'6" below the surface, were discovered while making another bunker to the north. Classed by R A Smith as Neolithic domestic ware (B1 and B3).

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>SBC26934 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1908. 'PRE-HISTORIC PIT-DWELLINGS AT ELLESBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 9 PP349-361. Vol 9, part 5.
<2>SBC939 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1907.
<3>SBC12470 Bibliographic reference: RADFORD C A R 1954 TRIBES OF SOUTHERN BRITAIN IN PREHISTORICSOC.PROC."20P24".
<4>SBC6200 Article in serial: J F Head & C M Piggott. 1945. 'AN IRON AGE SITE AT BLEDLOW, BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP189-209. Vol 14. pp190-191,207,208,Fig V.
<5>SBC847 Bibliographic reference: BAS LETTER BOOK 9 APRIL 1938(P853);14 APRIL 1938(P 863),TRANSCRIPTS FILED/PIKE A R &FARLEY M E,MAY 1.
<6>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<7>SBC3459 Article in serial: R F Dennington & L Gallant. 1964. 'THE IRON AGE POTTERY FROM THORNEY FARM, IVER', IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP240-256. Vol 17, Part 4.
<8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 84500 06700 (point)
Civil Parish	ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire