Monument record 0710600000 - Quarrenden Fields site AZ3
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- SHINE: Late Iron Age to Early Roman agricultural settlement identified through fieldwalking, geophysics survey, and trial trench evalaution (DBC10145)
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Type and Period (3)
- SETTLEMENT? (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Iron Age to 2nd Century - 100 BC to 199 AD)
- FARMSTEAD? (Late Iron Age - 100 BC? to 42 AD?)
Description
Complex of adjoining rectilinear and curvilinear ditched enclosures of late Iron Age to early Roman date identified during investigations by Stratascan and Albion Archaeology from September to December 2009. A probable late Iron Age banjo enclosure with few signs of internal features is interpreted as a possible occupation site on the basis of the dark, organic backfilled deposits within the ditch fills. The other enclosures contained subdividing ditches, pits and postholes and a ditched trackway or droveway apparently leading off to the NE. Most features had been deliberately back-filled with deposits including animal bone, fired clay and pottery, suggesting it went out of use in the late Iron Age or early Roman period. The enclosures are interpreted as in use for livestock. Complex recorded as AZ3. See report for detail (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC24007 Unpublished document: Stratascan. 2009. Geophysical Survey Report: Quarrendon Fields, Aylesbury.
- <2>SBC24006 Unpublished document: Albion Archaeology. 2010. Quarrendon Fields, Aylesbury: Archaeological Field Evaluation.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 79766 16747 (289m by 224m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Archaeological investigations at Quarrendon Fields (Berryfield East) (EBC17422)
Record last edited
Jul 2 2019 6:09PM
