Monument record 0795100000 - Buckingham, Market Hill

Summary

Group of medieval pits found during excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • PIT (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

13th to 14th century pits - 2 pits, one contained a bone assemblage appearing to derive from an industrial process such as leatherworking and included an almost complete pig skeleton. The second was sub-circular in shape and had moderately sloping sides with a U-shaped profile. Pit 123 contained pottery dating to the 13th and 14th centuries along with some fragments of animal bone.
14th to 15th century pit - pit measured 2.25m in width by 0.15m in depth and contained pottery dating to the 14th to late 15th century.
15th to 16th century pits - A series of large 15th to 16th-century pits cutting the borough boundary ditch. The only pits revealed in the western burgage plot.
Later pits dating from the late 16th to 17th century (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>XYSBC25039 Unpublished document: CFA Archaeology. 2018. Market Hill, Buckingham: Archaeological Excavation. [Mapped feature: #34905 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 69508 34094 (18m by 9m) (4 map features)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (9)

  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (13th Century to 16th Century - 1250 AD to 1599 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1599 AD)
  • BRICK (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • NAIL (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation and watching brief (Ref: MHBB/3001) (EBC18037)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2022 11:31AM

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