Find Spot record 0124503000 - Ivinghoe Beacon pottery finds

Summary

Early Iron Age pottery finds associated with 1963-5 excavations and later animal borrowing activity

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1009544: A SLIGHT UNIVALLATE HILLFORT AND BOWL BARROW ON IVINGHOE BEACON HILL (DBC7202)

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Early Iron Age pottery found. Also four Iron Age 'A' sherds; coarseware, one with fingernail decoration (2). Very early Iron Age pottery found (3). Pottery found in excavations 1963-5 from early phase of Iron Age (6). Eight Iron Age 'A' sherds discovered in mole hills (15)

Sources (4)

  • <2>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <3>SBC8141 Article in serial: 1960. MANSHEAD MAGAZINE 1960 (JUNE) 4. No 4.
  • <6>SBC3219 Article in serial: M A Cotton & S S Frere. 1968. 'IVINGHOE BEACON EXCAVATIONS 1963-1965', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP187-260. Vol 18, part 3.
  • <15>SBC2569 Verbal communication: CASTLE S A (BRITISH MUSEUM) PER VERULAMIUM MUSEUM, ST ALBANS, SEPT 1985.

Location

Grid reference SP 96040 16850 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • VESSEL (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11260)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12481)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC14466)

Record last edited

Oct 1 2004 12:59PM

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