Monument record 0147700000 - SHEEPCOTE HOUSE

Summary

Roman occupation site indicated by surface finds of pottery and metalwork near Sheepcote House

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Possible Roman pottery kiln or small settlement site identified by chance finds

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Type and Period (2)

  • OCCUPATION SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POTTERY KILN? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

SHERDS & OTHER MATERIAL FOUND IN WALLED KITCHEN GARDEN OF HOUSE BY BOY AT HIGH WYCOMBE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. MEMBERS OF BAS VISITED SITE & COLLECTED FURTHER FINDS, (A LARGE QUANTITY OF SHERDS AND VITRIFIED CLAY) WHICH WERE EXAMINED BY P CORDER & M R HULL. OCCUPATION SITE, PROBABLY INDUSTRIAL, POSSIBLY AN EARLY ROMAN POTTERY KILN (B1).
OCCUPATION POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH SILCHESTER-VERULAMIUM ROAD (B2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC13240 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 15 1952 P277.
  • <2>SBC1832 Article in serial: BRANIGAN K 1967 ROMANO-BRITISH RURAL SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST CHILTERNS, ARCHAEOLOGICALJOURNAL124P152".
  • <3>SBC9872 Unpublished document: NAR SU98 NW17, SEPTEMBER 1974.

Location

Grid reference SU 92600 87300 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10039)

Record last edited

Mar 27 2018 11:58AM

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