Monument record 1579300000 - W of Benthill Farm
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- LAYER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- BURNT MOUND? (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
Description
An irregular anomaly identified by geophysical survey carried out in September 2022 by Headland Archaeology in advance of proposed residential development (B2).
Evaluation trial trenching carried out in September and October 2023 by Oxford Archaeology found a large spread of charcoal and burnt stone In Trench 29, at least 6.8m wide and extending 20m along a broadly N-S aligned depression and interpretted as a possible burnt mound. An environmental sample taken from the layer produced poorly preserved cereal grains, a flint bladelet, and a fragment of roundwood charcoal was carbon dated to the middle Bronze Age, with a date of 1610-1430 BC. Overlying the charcoal deposit was a possible buried soil 0.15m thick, sealed by approximately 1m of colluvium and ploughsoil. See report for detail (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC28703 Unpublished document: Environmental Dimension Partnership. 2023. Land West of London Road, Buckingham: Archaeological and Heritage Assessment.
- <2>SBC28702 Unpublished document: Headland Archaeology. 2022. Land West of London Road, Buckingham: Geophysical Survey Report.
- <3>XYSBC28701 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2023. Land West of London Road, Buckingham: Archaeological Evaluation Report. [Mapped feature: #52227 NGR calculated from detailed trench plan in Fig 6, ]
Location
| Grid reference | SP 70074 32249 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (5)
- BLADE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- DEBITAGE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BURNT FLINT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC? to 1001 BC?)
- POT BOILER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC? to 1001 BC?)
- PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC? to 1001 BC?)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching of land west of London Road (Ref: BULR23) (EBC18852)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical survey of land west of London Road (Ref: LNRD22) (EBC18853)
Record last edited
Jan 4 2026 9:17PM
