Monument record 0174500000 - PITSTONE QUARRY

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Early Iron Age settlement recorded in excavation

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Type and Period (1)

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)

Sources (10)

<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.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (3)

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

Record last edited

Dec 17 2024 9:03PM