Monument record 0751800000 - Haydon Hill railway cutting

A small amount of material in the County Museum from ‘Haydon Hill railway cutting, nr Aylesbury’, including ‘aurochs’. Although not recorded as Pleistocene at the time of accession, one bone at least has subsequently been identified as such by Simon Timberlake. [Discussion of Roman pottery and other material (CASS 00252) donated by the Payne family]. The Haydon Hill railway cutting, just NW of Aylesbury, runs from SP 7996 1440 to 7951 1468; the top of the cutting has a height of c. 81m OD. The railway line is now surrounded by the light industrial area of Rabans Lane. From Haydon Hill the land slopes south-west to the Bear Brook which feeds into the Thame about 10 metres lower at 71m OD. [Discussion of construction of railway and circumstances of discovery]. It may be noted that the height of both Haydon Hill and the Pleistocene deposit at Hartwell [CASS 07519] are similar, at around 80-81m OD. The locations are c.2km apart (B1).
NGR to railway cutting.