Monument record 0207700000 - SE OF PEPPERSHILL
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Late Iron Age to Roman settlement and associated burials found on gas pipeline
- SHINE: Late Iron Age to Roman settlement and associated burials found during archaeological investigations, SE of Peppershill
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Type and Period (7)
- FARMSTEAD? (Late Iron Age to 4th Century - 100 BC to 399 AD)
- DITCH (3rd Century to 4th Century - 200 AD? to 399 AD?)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CREMATION? (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC? to 101 BC?)
Description
CHECK OF SPOIL FROM SHORT STRETCH OF DITCHES BY MRS J TAYLOR & MRS D WATERTON PRODUCED MUCH ROMANO-BRITISH MATERIAL & 1 ?BELGIC PERFORATED RIM. (ALSO 3 MEDIEVAL SHERDS) SKETCH ON CAS CARD SHOWS LINE OF SEARCH. 2 GROUPS A & B - GENERAL IMPRESSION OF WHOLE: BELGIC TO LATE C2 AD (B1). SEE :01-:03 FOR SUBSEQUENT FINDS OF IRON AGE AND ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY.
Small scale excavation during topsoil stripping for a new gas pipeline carried out by Thames Valley Archaeological Services in 1999 identified a pit, a ditch and 3 cremation unurned cremation burials of Roman date with a further pit and gully which were both undated. A deposit of cremation pyre debris may possibly be of Iron Age date. A further 7 ditches and 2 pits, mostly undated were identified during the subsequent watching brief during pipe trenching. See report for detail (B5).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC5354 Bibliographic reference: FINDERS & FARLEY M E, JULY 1974.
- <2>SBC5356 Bibliographic reference: FINDERS & FARLEY M E,JULY 1974.
- <3>SBC17019 Bibliographic reference: WOOLLEY K J & FARLEY M E,JULY 1974.
- <4>SBC3018 Bibliographic reference: CMAG & FARLEY M E,1976.
- <5>SBC22145 Bibliographic reference: Steve Ford, Isca Howell and Kate Taylor (et al). 2004. The Archaeology of the Aylesbury-Chalgrove Gas Pipeline, and the Orchard, Walton Road, Aylesbury.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 6721 0845 (550m by 640m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | SHABBINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SHERD (Late Iron Age to 2nd Century - 100 BC to 199 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC11008)
- Event - Survey: (EBC13635)
- Event - Intervention: Small scale excavation (Ref: ACP 99/19) (EBC16497)
Record last edited
Aug 9 2017 2:36PM
