Monument record 0174500000 - PITSTONE QUARRY

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Early Iron Age settlement recorded in excavation

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SETTLEMENT (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)

Description

POSTHOLES, STORAGE PITS, OVENS &C BELONGING TO EARLY IRON AGE SETTLEMENT (REPORT & PLANS FILED) (BI1). PITSTONE MATERIAL COMPARED WITH IVINGHOE BEACON. MANY CATTLE BONES NOTED. OCCUPATION DATED TO C6BC (BI4). NGR FROM EXCAVATOR (BI6). MAIN FEATURE A POST-BUILT LONGHOUSE. OTHER POSTHOLES AGRICULTURAL? (BI10)

An IA 'A' occupation site was exposed by top-soil clearance at the Tunnel Cement Company's quarry in 1961 at SP 947 146. It was excavated by the Manshead Arch Soc. from 1962-64 and a number of IA storage-pits, 150 post holes indicating possible hut and granary sites and pottery were found. The finds are now in Aylesbury Museum (B1 B4)
The site has now been completely quarried away (B11).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (12)

<1>SBC8144 Article in serial: MANSHEAD MAGAZINE 1962(DEC) 10 PP7-12.
<2>SBC8145 Article in serial: MANSHEAD MAGAZINE 1963(DEC) 12 P24.
<3>SBC13394 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1961-65 17 PP 205, 305, 412.
<4>SBC3220 Article in serial: M A Cotton & S S Frere. 1968. 'IVINGHOE BEACON EXCAVATIONS, 1963-5', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP187-260, PLATES I-VIII. Vol 18, part 3. pp202,235-249.
<5>SBC10876 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 91 SW 22 (ON CAS FILE).
<6>SBC8246 Verbal communication: MATTHEWS L 1977(MAY) PERS COMM.
<7>SBC7435 Verbal communication: LEVY D 1977(15 JULY) PERS COMM.
<8>SBC6527 Bibliographic reference: HURMAN B 1980(APRIL) NOTES, SUBSEQUENT TO HER WEA CLASS AT PITSTONE.
<9>SBC1050 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER, 1970.
<10>SBC4425 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP41-50,PL 3:12-13(COPY IN CAS FILE 2746.
<11>SBC29387 Unpublished document: P A Stevens. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 09-NOV-72.
<12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Update 1998.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 9482 1468 (160m by 170m)
Civil Parish	PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Event - Survey: (EBC13891)
Event - Intervention: Excavation: Pitstone (EBC11622)
Event - Intervention: Excavation: Pitstone (EBC1163)

Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 1:02PM