Monument record 0123100000 - NEWSETS WOOD, ST LEONARDS

Summary

Mound of possibly Iron Age slag recorded in Newsets Wood

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 5350 cm Height 0122
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
MOUND OF SLAG COVERED WITH BEECH TREES. LARGE MASSES OF HIGH-IRON SLAG, CHARCOAL AND SAND. NO DATEABLE FINDS (B1).
ALTHOUGH PRECISE LOCATION NOT GIVEN FOR ABOVE, PROBABLY NEWSETS WOOD. NO TRACE OF IRON WORKING, BUT IRON-STAINED BRICKEARTH AND SAND QUARRIED NEARBY. LOCAL FIELD NAME: CINDRY BOTTOM (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC2204 Article in serial: B Burgess. 1855. 'THE ENTRENCHMENTS IN BRAY'S WOOD NEAR LEE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 1 PP171-172. Vol 1.
  • <2>SBC10855 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SP 90 NW:09.

Location

Grid reference SP 92400 05900 (point)
Civil Parish CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12781)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2014 12:49PM

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