Monument record 0187500000 - STRATFORD'S YARD, CHESHAM

Summary

Mesolithic to Neolithic artefacts found in excavation at Stratford's Yard.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Mesolitic to Neolithic occupation site found in excavations

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Type and Period (1)

  • SETTLEMENT? (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

STRATFORD'S YARD - OLD PROPERTY INCLUDING C16 HOUSE (01:000). EXCAVATION IN ADVANCE OF DEVELOPMENT REVEALED MESOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC OCCUPATION, AND AN UNIQUE BEAKER BOWL FOUND IN THE C19 MAY HAVE COME FROM A FUNERARY CONTEXT (02: 000, 03:000, 04:000)(B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC14818 Article in serial: Bambi Stainton. STAINTON B A 1983 IN CHESS VALLEY: JNL OF CHESS VALLEY ARCH AND HIS SOCIETY P1-5.

Location

Grid reference SP 95980 01450 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC11131)
  • Event - Intervention: Salvage excavation and watching brief (EBC11551)

Record last edited

Jul 15 2021 5:09PM

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