Monument record 0211401000 - MARSH LANE EAST site 2: ring ditch
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- RING DITCH (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
Description
Dimensions - Width 0016 Length 0022 m Radius 0009
Plan Form - OVAL
OVAL DITCHED CROPMARK VISIBLE ON A/P, PLOUGHED-OUT LONG/ROUND BARROW? NO TRACE ON GROUND IN FIELD OF CROP. NO FINDS DURING PLOUGHING/PERAMBULATION (B1-5 ).
PLOTTED AT 1:2500 (B3-4).
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS IN 1990 BY BARTLETT CLARK CONSULTANCY IDENTIFIED THE OVAL RING DITCH, POSSIBLE TRACES OF THE ADJACENT CIRCULAR RING DITCH TO THE NORTH AND POSSIBLE PITS AS WEAK ANOMALIES (B13).
TRENCH ACROSS RING DITCH. DITCH V-SHAPED, 2M ACROSS AT TOP, 1.3M DEEP. 7 EBA SHERDS IN FILL. DITCH TERMINAL(?) NEARBY (B7).
The area excavation undertaken by Oxford Archaeology investigated both ring-ditches and found that the southern oval ring-ditch may be Neolithic though it contained no dating material. The earliest cut had a deep v-shaped profile and was 0.93m deep with a very clean silt fill. The ditch was recut 0.9m deep with a rounded profile and a gravelly fill. A central pit had been disturbed during the evaluation. The upper fills of both ring-ditches contained residual Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery. Two small pits were located within the vicinity of the ring-ditches and contained Middle and Late Bronze Age pottery (B9).
Sources (9)
- ---SBC17938 Aerial Photograph: 17/06/57. CUC VF 56. SU\922801. Yes. Yes.
- <1>SBC10692 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD OS 98 SW 50 (FILED).
- <2>SBC5575 Bibliographic reference: GATES T 1975 MIDDLE THAMES VALLEY P47..
- <3>SBC3478 Graphic material: Denise Allen (BCM). 1979. AP PLOT AT 1:2500 (PAPER STRIP METHOD)(FILED).
- <4>SBC2399 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1986. The Dorney Study: An Archaeological Implications Report.
- <5>SBC2474 Unpublished document: CAS CARD 2114.
- <7>SBC23793 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 1991. Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme: Archaeological Evaluation Stage 3 1991. pp9-11.
- <9>SBC19099 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1997. Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme Post-Ex Assessment and Updated Project Design: Marsh Lane East Site 2. pp13-14.
- <13>SBC23792 Unpublished document: Bartlett-Clark Consultancy. 1990. Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme: Report of Archaeogeophysical Evaluation. p2;Appendix;Fig 3.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 92100 79967 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SHERD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: Desk-based Assessment and Fieldwalking (EBC1054)
- Event - Intervention: Excavations along the line of the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Eleviation Scheme (EBC16348)
- Event - Survey: Geophysical surveys (EBC17416)
- Event - Intervention: Investigations for Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme (EBC16358)
Record last edited
Feb 26 2022 10:52PM
