Monument record 0001601300 - CHOLESBURY CAMP

Summary

Possible Late Iron Age beehive shaped oven recorded in 1930s excavation of Cholesbury Camp

Protected Status/Designation

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

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Type and Period (1)

  • OVEN? (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0110 cm Height 0045
Plan Form - HORSESHOE SHAPED
BASE & SIDE WALLS OF SMALL OVEN LOCATED IN SE TRENCH BETWEEN H3 & H7. ELONGATED HORSESHOE SHAPE: 25CM WIDE AT W (CLOSED) END, 45CM WIDE AT E (OPEN) END (INTERNALLY). CURVED BAKED CLAY WALLS C.5CM THICK, HARD & SMOOTH, SUGGESTS BEEHIVE FORM ORIG. 120 CM HIGH: COLLAPSE INWARDS. NO FINDS (B6).

Sources (1)

  • <6>SBC7096 Article in serial: D Kimball. 1933. 'CHOLESBURY CAMP', IN BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION JNL 39 PP187-212. Vol 39.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC12303)

Record last edited

Oct 2 2009 10:50AM

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