Monument record 1555200000 - Railway Cottage
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- DITCH (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
Description
Geophysics survey identified a series of weak linear anomalies. These features likely represent infilled ditches of former enclosures (B1).
Trial trench evaluation confirmed the presence of a late Iron Age to Roman farmstead comprising rectilinear enclosures, pits, postholes and at least one trackway. The settlement likely established post-Conquest. Evidence for iron smelting was found in the form of slags deriving from nontapping or minimally tapping furnaces. Animal bone evidence indicates horse being the most common during the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period by Number of Identified Specimens. In the mid to late Roman period this changes to pig. Pig more often found on Roman military or urban sites. A single sherd of Saxon pottery was found during fieldwalking, but no Saxon features were identified during the evaluation (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC25987 Unpublished document: Magnitude Surveys. 2018. HS2 Phase 1 EWC Central Geophysical Survey Report for Land at Railway Cottage, Doddershall, Bucks – Site Code 1C17RWCMG.
- <2>SBC25988 Unpublished document: COPA. 2018. HS2 Phase 1 Central Section, Archaeological Works, Railway Cottages, Doddershall Embankment, Buckinghamshire Site Code 1C17RWCTT Trial Trench Report.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7268 1994 (564m by 485m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (17)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SHERD (Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ASSEMBLAGE (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- COIN (4th Century to 5th Century Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
- HOB NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Late Iron Age to Post-Medieval - 100 BC to 1798 AD)
- FERRULE (Late Iron Age to Post-Medieval - 100 BC to 1798 AD)
- ASSEMBLAGE (Late Iron Age to Post-Medieval - 100 BC to 1798 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SLAG (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- WEFT BEATER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Unknown date)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: HS2 trial trench evaluation: Railway Cottage (Ref: 1C17RWCTT) (EBC18483)
- Event - Survey: HS2: Geophysics survey, Railway Cottage (Ref: 1C17RWCMG) (EBC18482)
Record last edited
Jan 9 2024 3:17PM
