Monument record 0209901200 - NORTH OF DORNEY REACH

Summary

Late Neolithic to Iron Age ring-ditch seen in aerial photographs north of Dorney Reach

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • HUT CIRCLE? (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • RING DITCH (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0007 m
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
SINGLE CIRCLE IN CENTRE OF ENCLOSURE (01:100) & FIELD SYSTEM (01:200), SURROUNDED BY GROUPS OF PITS. LARGELY DESTROYED BY M4 CONSTRUCTION, BEFORE EXAMINATION. PROBABLY A HUT CIRCLE WITHIN SETTLEMENT ENCLOSURE, OF IRON AGE DATE, BUT COULD BE BRONZE AGE ROUND BARROW (B1-5). AP PLOT AT 1:2500 (B3-4).

Sources (16)

  • ---SBC17939 Aerial Photograph: 17/06/57. CUC VF 58. SU\915796. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17953 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 11. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17954 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 13. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17955 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 14. SU\914795. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17956 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 19. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17958 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 20. SU\914796. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17959 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 21. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17960 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 22. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17961 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 23. SU\915796. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC17962 Aerial Photograph: 09/07/57. CUC VP 24. SU\915795. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC2399 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1986. The Dorney Study: An Archaeological Implications Report.
  • <1>SBC5573 Bibliographic reference: GATES T 1975 MIDDLE THAMES VALLEY P47.
  • <2>SBC11157 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 97 NW 48 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC3473 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. AP PLOT (FILED).
  • <5>SBC2470 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 2099..
  • <6>SBC13178 Unpublished document: RCHM(E). 1995. The Thames Valley Project: a Report for the National Mapping Programme.

Location

Grid reference SU 91514 79618 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC11902)

Record last edited

May 1 2009 11:34AM

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