Monument record 0141601001 - MOUNT WOOD

Summary

Possible Roman house found in excavation in Mount Wood reinterpreted as an open working area, like a farmyard

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FARMYARD? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Plan Form - RECTANGULAR?
ORIGINALLY INTERPRETED AS RECT. POST-BUILT STRUCTURE WITH 3 POST HOLES & COBBLED FLOOR AREA, INDICATING TIMBER BUILDING & TILED ROOF (B9,B12).
FULL EXCAV. REPORT REINTERPRETS AS 3 SMALL PITS, 1 OF WHICH PERHAPS A POSTHOLE. SITE PROB. AN OPEN WORKING AREA ASSOC. WITH VALLEY FARM (SARRATT) VILLA (B19).

Sources (3)

  • <9>SBC4435 Unpublished document: 1972. DUNNET R. INTERIM REPORT, MOUNT WOOD 1972.
  • <12>SBC9921 Article in serial: 1973. NIBLETT R AND MARTIN I L 1973 'MOUNT WOOD, CHESHAM, BUCKS', IN CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER 3 P17.
  • <19>SBC4434 Article in serial: Rosalind Dunnet. 1985. 'EXCAVATIONS NEAR MOUNT WOOD, CHENIES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 27 PP107-118. Vol 27.

Location

Grid reference TQ 02590 98910 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13669)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC1432)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation: MOUNT WOOD (EBC12286)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2026 4:42PM

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