Find Spot record 0124505000 - Ivinghoe Beacon animal remains

Summary

Radio-carbon dated animal remains consistent with Late Bronze to Early Iron Age occupation found in excavation

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

Radio cardon dates from bones found in the 1963-5 excavation are contemporary with late Bronze Age occupation - 710 BC +/- 100, 520 BC +/- 100, and 350 BC +/- 100 (B13).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC19148 Unpublished document: John Gover. 2000. A Geophysical Investigation of Ivinghoe Beacon.
  • ---SBC19493 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Ivinghoe Beacon, Ivinghoe: Survey Report.
  • <13>SBC5832 Article in serial: 1981. GREEN H S 1981 DATING IVINGHOE BEACON, IN RECS OF BUCKS 23 PP1-3. Vol 23.

Location

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

Finds (1)

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12481)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14373)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2018 5:09PM

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