Monument record 0123000000 - DUNDRIDGE FARM, ST LEONARDS
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Iron Age iron smelting furnace found in quarry (DBC9936)
Map
Type and Period (1)
- BLOOMERY? (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)
Description
PIT, ABOUT 90CM DEEP, CONTAINING CHARCOAL AND IRON SLAG. FOUND IN A BRICKEARTH QUARRY AND EXAMINED BY CICELY BAKER. OTHER SLAG FINDS IN AREA, AND IRON STONE (ORE). PROBABLY IRON AGE FURNACE OR SMELTING PIT. NEARBY IRON AGE SHERDS (01:000) (B1-6).
Quarry shown on the OS 1973 Edition 6in map (B7).
A large mound of iron slag reported by John Morris in 2007. The mound was approx 12mX20m and 1m high (B8).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC966 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1947.
- <2>SBC2004 Article in serial: BUCKS ADVERTISER AND AYLESBURY NEWS 8 NOV 1946.
- <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp65-66,145; Fig 22.
- <4>SBC13270 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 18 1969 P323.
- <5>SBC11386 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SP 90 NW 04.
- <6>SBC797 Unpublished document: BAKER MISS C NOTES ON FIND AND LETTER TO J.F HEAD GIVEN BY MRS HEAD MARCH 1984.
- <7>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D1553.
- <8>SBC25143 Unpublished document: John Morris, Chiltern Woodlands Project. 2007. Iron Working sites/iron slag finds.
Location
Grid reference | SP 91540 06160 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC13373)
Record last edited
Nov 23 2024 11:08AM