Monument record 0173402000 - DANESFIELD CAMP

Summary

Neolithic gully, possibly a drain, recorded in evaluation trenches

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • DRAIN? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • GULLY (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

EVALUATION IN SCHEDULED AREA FOR WORKS CONNECTED WITH HOTEL CONVERSION LOCATES A NEOLITHIC GULLY CONTAINING WORKED FLINT, SEVERAL MID IRON AGE PITS, DITCHES, GULLIES ETC & EVIDENCE FOR ROUND HOUSE(S) FROM DAUB. NEOLITHIC FEATURE WAS 0.28M DEEP, FILLED WITH PALE SAND SILTS (SEE FULL REPORT & 02:001-5)(B16).

Sources (1)

  • <16>SBC6891 Article in serial: KEEVIL G D & CAMPBELL G E. 1991. 'INVESTIGATIONS AT DANESFIELD CAMP, MEDMENHAM, BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 33 pp87-99. Vol 33.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8178 8441 (260m by 290m)
Civil Parish MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (7)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation trial trenching (EBC11220)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation and watching brief (EBC17118)

Record last edited

Jun 23 2016 4:33PM

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