Monument record 0127303000 - PITSTONE HILL
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- DYKE (DEFENCE) (Early Iron Age to Saxon - 700 BC? to 1065 AD?)
- LINEAR EARTHWORK (BOUNDARY BANK & DITCH, Early Iron Age to Saxon - 700 BC? to 1065 AD?)
Description
BOUNDARY DYKE IV IS A GOOD BANK, AS DESCRIBED IN B1; HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPEAR TO EXIST N OF 'FLINT MINES' (B2). (FOR 'FLINT MINES' SEE B1). Detailed topographic survey carried out by TimeScape and Network Archaeology between January and March 1999 recorded surviving earthworks including a profile across earthwork (B9).
Survey of earthwork with GPS system. Ditch and bank of Upper 'Grim's Ditch' on Pitstone Hill. Continues into woodland of Aldbury Nowers to S. Earthworks distinct but lower and more rounded than in woodland to S. 10m span, amplitude 0.5m, 0.75m in places. At N end ditch turns abruptly to E, to fornm a pit-like terminal, although this could also be a later alteration. No indication that earthworks once continued further to N (B10).
Sources (13)
- ---SBC17531 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. BCM A4/15/16-17. SP\953146. Yes.
- ---SBC17611 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/80. CSC 00.000. SP\953147. Yes.
- ---SBC17612 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/80. CSC 00.001. SP\953148. Yes.
- ---SBC17613 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/80. CSC 00.002. SP\953148. Yes.
- <1>SBC4464 Article in serial: Dyer J and Hales A. 1961. DYER J F & HALES A J 1961 PITSTONE HILL- A STUDY IN FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP49-56.
- <2>SBC8338 Bibliographic reference: MEF & ARP 1977(APRIL) FIELD VISIT.
- <3>SBC11388 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SP 91 SE 5; SP 91 SW (M).
- <4>SBC5868 Bibliographic reference: GRESSWELL D 1979/80(WINTER OF) SERIES OF AP'S (COP IES AT BCM).
- <5>SBC3434 Bibliographic reference: DAVIS J 1981 GRIM'S DITCH IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE & HER EFORDSHIRE, IN RECSOFBUCKS"23PP23-31".
- <6>SBC4424 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP33-36,PL 3:1-6 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).
- <7>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire.
- <9>SBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,5,6-9,12,Appendix 2,Figs 11,15,18,19,30.
- <10>SBC20698 Unpublished document: Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2003. Archaeological Survey of Aldbury Nowers, Pitstone Hill and Down Farm, on the Ashridge Estate: January - March 2003. vol 2, p 34.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 95047 13999 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13223)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13224)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1399)
- Event - Survey: Survey of Pitstone Hill and Down Farm (EBC16941)
- Event - Survey: Topographic survey (EBC16004)
Record last edited
Feb 12 2018 4:15PM
