Monument record 0127304000 - PITSTONE HILL

Summary

Possible medieval hollow-ways or Iron Age trackways recorded in field survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) TRACKWAY (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
TRACKWAY T1 AT TOP OF HILL CURVES TO E, NOT S AS MAPPED IN B1. DOES NOT LINK WITH LYNCHETS IN ADJACENT FIELD. NB; TRACK T1 'CUTS BOUNDARY DYKES' IA & IB. THIS IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DYKES ARE ACTUALLY EARLIER HOLLOW WAYS (B2). Detailed topographic survey carried out by TimeScape and Network Archaeology between January and March 1999 recorded surviving earthworks including a profile across earthwork (B7).
Dyer's T1, NT SMR No 152748. Hollow-way climbing obliquely up clope in a long sweeping curve, emerging on top of ridge of Pitstone Hill. Deeply incised cutting on steepest slope, up to 30m wide by 9m deep. At W and E ends proportions more typical of hollow-ways, 1.0-1.5m deep. V-shaped cutting with quite a narrow base. Cuts across both lower and upper 'Grim's Ditches' (B8).
Dyer's T2, NT SMR No 152747. Hollow-way, climbing steeply up W flank of Pitstone Hill. Profile and dimensions quite consistent until it becomes shallower as it emerges onto the top of the hill. Has deeper, ditch-like cut along S side, 1.5m deep, rising to flat shelf along N side 0.75 deep (B8).

Sources (12)

  • ---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>SBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,5,6-9,12,Appendix 2,Figs 11,16,18,19,31.
  • <8>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, p48-9.

Location

Grid reference SP 95188 14758 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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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 29 2008 11:02AM

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