Monument record 0159701000 - CSG 85

Summary

Two probable Bronze Age burnt mounds recorded in field visit and subsequent fieldwalking

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • BURNT MOUND (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
2 SLIGHT MOUNDS, COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF BURNT FLINT. NO ROMAN OR OTHER DATING EVIDENCE. MOUNDS PRESUMABLY SAME SITE AS HEARTHS/OVENS (B4). FIELDWALKING AND SURVEY FINDS FEW FLINT TOOLS, BUT INTERPRETATION OF SITE AS BURNT MOUNDS FOR COOKING ETC NOT CONTRADICTED. FULL DETAILS AND SURVEY FILED (B5).

Sources (2)

  • <4>SBC5187 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E DEC 1984, PERS COMM FOLLOWING SITE VISIT.
  • <5>SBC14693 Article in serial: Simon Smithson. 1984. 'THE BURNT MOUNDS OF CHALFONT ST GILES: A SURVEY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 26 PP113-116. Vol 26.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9857 9473 (210m by 380m)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Field visit (EBC16781)
  • Event - Survey: Field Walking (Ref: CSG 85) (EBC16782)

Record last edited

May 1 2009 3:44PM

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