Monument record 0124400000 - SE OF IVINGHOE ASTON

Summary

Medieval well found installing petrol pumps

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  • WELL (14th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD? to 1499 AD?)

Description

WELL, FOUND WHEN INSTALLING PETROL PUMPS & C. HAD FOOTHOLDS IN SIDE (B4). REPORTED AS A PREHISTORIC MINE WITH FLINT AXE &C AT BOTTOM, ROMAN & SAXON DEBRIS ABOVE (B1); BUT UNDOUBTEDLY SUNK FOR WATER, & MOST POTTERY IN FILL MEDIEVAL (B2). 115 FEET DEEP (B3); AT LEAST 70-80 FEET DEEP (B4). NGR TO SITE (B2).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC9918 Article in serial: 1932. NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS - THE TIMES, 26/8/1932; BIRMINGHAM EVENING DISPATCH 25/8/1932; TELEGRAPH 26/8/1932..
  • <2>SBC10869 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SP 91 NE 4.
  • <3>SBC1279 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER; & SEE BAS LETTER BOOK JULY 1932 PP113-6.
  • <4>SBC625 Verbal communication: ASHBY, MR A WALTER, 1980 (NOV) PERS COMM TO MEF.

Location

Grid reference SP 963 172 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavated find (EBC12528)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC14136)

Record last edited

Feb 11 2021 5:59PM

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