Find Spot record 0140900000 - WICKEN WOOD, LECKHAMPSTEAD
Summary
Iron Age pottery found during ditch cutting
Protected Status/Designation
- Archaeological Notification Area: Iron Age pottery scatter (DBC8772)
- SHINE: Leckhampsted Wood, ancient seminatural woodland, and Iron Age settlement site suggested by finds of pottery in Leckhampstead Wood (DBC8315)
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Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Description
SHERDS, IRON AGE A FOUND IN DITCH CUTTING AT LECKHAMPSTEAD. INCLUDED 2 RIM FRAGMENTS, 1 PERHAPS FROM LUG HANDLED JAR; NUMBER OF OTHER SHERDS FROM SAME VESSEL; 1 FRAGMENT WITH CALCITIC GRITS. DATED C MID C4 - LATE C2 BC, BUT TYPE MIGHT SURVIVE TO C1 BC. & A FEW SHERDS OF SAME PERIOD, FURTHER DEFINITION IMPOSSIBLE (B1).
OS Antiquity number SP 74 SW 10 (B2).
Visit to site produced no new information. There are no obvious earthworks (B3).
Finds now in the County Museum (Acc No 2.63) (B4)
No further information (B5).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC1228 Article in serial: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER/ RECS OF BUCKS 1974 19 PP390-410/ WOLVERTON & DISTRICT ARCH SOC NEWSLETTER 7 1962 P13.
- <2>SBC10722 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SP 74 SW 10.
- <3>SBC2780 Unpublished document: Amanda Chadburn. 1984. PARISH SURVEY OF LECKHAMPSTEAD PP16-17,77.
- <4>SBC27653 Bibliographic reference: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1960-1963. Buckinghamshire County Museum Report 1960-1963.
- <5>SBC28971 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 20-DEC-74.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 72700 40300 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LECKHAMPSTEAD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SHERD (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC17928)
- Event - Survey: Parish survey (EBC13925)
Record last edited
Feb 3 2026 1:06PM
