Monument record 0001601000 - CHOLESBURY CAMP

Summary

1930s excavation of Late Iron Age Cholesbury Camp uncovered hearths, ovens and pottery

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1015585: LARGE MULTIVALLATE HILLFORT KNOWN AS CHOLESBURY CAMP

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Plan Form - Oval.
Excavation by Day Kimball, 1932. 1 long slip trench across interior 143m long, 75cm wide. 4 small trenches across triangular outwork and & 2 trenches just inside & parallel to defences on SE & NE sides. Features included hearths, bloomeries, an oven (01:100; 01:200; 01:300) pottery (01:001)(B2,B6,B11-12).

Sources (5)

  • <2>SBC486 Article in serial: ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 14 1957 PP273-275 (PLAN).
  • <6>SBC7096 Article in serial: D Kimball. 1933. 'CHOLESBURY CAMP', IN BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION JNL 39 PP187-212. Vol 39.
  • <10>SBC13927 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1997. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS (REPORT, FILED) SAM (BUCKS) NO.1/SCHEDULING REV.
  • <11>SBC4449 Article in serial: James Dyer. 1976. 'A FUTURE FOR PREHISTORY IN THE CHILTERNS', IN CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER 6 P7. No 6.
  • <12>SBC13884 Bibliographic reference: SAUNDERS C 1971 THE PRE-BELGIC IRON AGE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CHIL-TERNS IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJNL12.

Location

Grid reference SP 93000 07200 (point)
Civil Parish CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12265)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC12303)

Record last edited

Aug 17 2021 1:39PM

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