Monument record 0122100000 - WYCOMBE CEMETERY

Summary

Iron Age pit found in excavation in the nineteenth century at Wycombe cemetery

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Depth/Thickness 213cm, Radius 122cm.
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
AREA FORMS PART OF MALMER'S WELL. PIT DISCOVERED DURING EXCAVATION. NEARLY CIRCULAR CHAMBER-SLIGHTLY TAPERING AT THE BOTTOM. WELL DEFINED. DIFFERENT LAYERS-CHARRED WOOD AT THE BOTTOM. THEN BONES, POTTERY& CHALK RUBBISH (B1). PROBABLY AN IRON AGE CORN-STORAGE PIT (B5).
SEE ALSO CASS 00373.

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC11509 Bibliographic reference: PARKER J 1873 EARLY HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF WYCOM BE P5.
  • <2>SBC10152 Map: OS 1875/83 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp66,156.
  • <4>SBC10429 Map: OS 1962 MAP OF S BRITAIN IN THE IRON AGE P54 & MAP.
  • <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <6>SBC16529 Bibliographic reference: WHIMSTER R 1981 BURIAL PRACTICES IN IRON AGE BRITA IN,APPENDIX F,LA TENE III CREMATION BURIALS IN BA.

Location

Grid reference SU 86760 93500 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11797)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 8:38PM

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