Monument record 0123001000 - DUNDRIDGE FARM, ST LEONARDS

Summary

Late Iron Age pottery sherds found in sand quarry on Dundridge Farm, St Leonards

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

SHERDS OF LATE HANDMADE BELGIC-LOOKING POT FOUND IN A SAND QUARRY NEAR THE 'SMELTING PIT' (00:000). THE FINE WHITE SAND IS AN EXCEPTIONAL DEPOSIT IN THE AREA, USED IN BRICKMAKING. POT FOUND IN FACE OF QUARRY IN OR NEAR SMELTING PIT, BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL IF PIT AND URN CONTEMPORARY: QUARRYING (B1-6).

Sources (6)

  • <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SBC797 Unpublished document: BAKER MISS C NOTES ON FIND AND LETTER TO J.F HEAD GIVEN BY MRS HEAD MARCH 1984.

Location

Grid reference SP 91540 06160 (point)
Civil Parish CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SHERD (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13373)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 11:09AM

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