Monument record 0796900000 - Uxbridge business park

Summary

Peat deposits identified during geoarchaeological test pitting

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • BURIED LAND SURFACE (Undated)

Description

Peat layer identified during geoarchaeological test pitting survey. Linked with Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic hunter-gatherer activity (B1).
Black peat became less peaty upwards and a gradual interaface between it and the overlying black clay silt. The silty layer likely represents a shallow water sedge-fen environment. Carbon dating of the peat layers provide a date range 10190 BC to 8460 BC, potentially to 6230 BC but this is a potential oulier in chronological modeling. Basal organic deposits show pollen assemblage typical of Late Glacial to Early Holoceneperiod. Low presence of tree taxa and high proportion of herbs is observed in many pollen sequences throught the Colne Valley. Mesolithic peat shows the expansion of woodland within the floodplain. Pine, Hazel, willow and birch becoming dominant. Late Mesolithic: Black clayey silt/black clay is common across the Colne Valley and is seen overlying archaeological scatters. The pollen assemblage shows dominance of of sedges, grasses, and burreed, interpreted as indicating sedge-reed swamp. (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>XYSBC25165 Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2014. Uxbridge Business Park, Plot 5, (Former Sandersons Factory): Archaeological Evaluation. [Mapped feature: #36059 ]
  • <2>SBC25676 Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2022. Former Sanderson Site, Uxbridge Business Park, Post-Excavation Research Report.

Location

Grid reference TQ 0539 8495 (point)
Civil Parish DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Upper Palaeolithic to Early Post Glacial - 10190 BC to 6230 BC)
  • PEAT (Early Mesolithic to Early Post Glacial - 9290 BC to 6290 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Archaeological evaluation and geoarchaeological survey at Uxbridge Business Park, Plots A and 4 (Ref: MBDD14) (EBC18135)

Record last edited

Mar 13 2024 10:23AM

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