Find Spot record 0155203001 - WINDMILL HILL, HITCHAM

Summary

Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery excavated in Windmill Field, Hitcham, in the nineteenth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

BRONZE AGE & POSSIBLY NEOLITHIC POTTERY FOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH CIRCULAR HUT FLOORS. POTS INCLUDE FOOD VESSELS, DRINKING CUPS & CINERARY URNS (B2-4,B6,B8-10,B13).
DETAILS OF 4 DECORATED VESSELS IN BM (B10).
DISCUSSION & ILLUSTRATION OF POTTERY (B4).
PLASTER CAST OF BA URN AT BCM (B10).

Sources (8)

  • <2>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp179, 182, 204.
  • <3>SBC13844 Article in serial: J Rutland. 1891. 'HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF MAIDENHEAD', IN TAPLOW & MAIDENHEAD FIELD CLUB 8TH ANNUAL REPORT P46.
  • <4>SBC133 Bibliographic reference: ABERCROMBY J 1912 BRONZE AGE POTTERY VOL 2 PP51 & PL XCV (NO 474).
  • <6>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp51,61,158; Fig 10.
  • <8>SBC11406 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 11, SU 98 SW 51.(FILED).
  • <9>SBC11913 Unpublished document: PIKE A R (BCM) DEC 1977 (& SEE LETTER FROM O P SERECOLD TO J F HEAD, 1940, FILED).
  • <10>SBC11925 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) FROM BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER & INFORMATION FROM BRITISH MUSEUM.
  • <13>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p179.

Location

Grid reference SU 92170 81190 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • VESSEL (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11807)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 12:48PM

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