Monument record 0174500002 - PITSTONE QUARRY
Summary
Early Iron Age animal remains found in excavation
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Description
EXCAVATION RECORDS SHOW THAT FAUNA WAS DOMINATED BY CATTLE (37%), SHEEP/GOAT (50%), PIG (6%). PRESENCE OF CATTLE MAY, THOUGH, BE OVER-EMPHASISED (B1-2,4,10). COW SKELETON FOUND IN STORAGE PIT; WAS MINUS LIMBS (B6). PASSED TO INST OF ARCHAEOLOGY, LONDON (B7).
Sources (10)
- <1>SBC8144 Bibliographic reference: MANSHEAD MAGAZINE 1962(DEC) 10 PP7-12.
- <2>SBC8145 Bibliographic reference: 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 | SP 94840 14670 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 401 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12333)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13891)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13934)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14231)
Record last edited
Oct 9 2024 1:43PM
