Monument record 0216102000 - CHINNOR HILL
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- PIT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
- HEARTH (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
- POST HOLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Description
TRIAL-TRENCHES RUNNING N-S & E-W ACROSS RIDGE SHOWED NO BOUNDARY DITCH & BANK. MAIN SITE HAD 2 TYPES OF PITS. A SMALL HEARTH, CONTAINING SOME POT, HAD BEEN SCOOPED OUT OF UPPER FILL OF 1 PIT. AREA OF INTERSECTING PITS, CUT INTO CHALK, REFILLED SHORTLY AFTER BEING DUG. MID C4-C1 BC (B2-5).
Sources (9)
- <1>SBC3299 Article in serial: P Crossley-Holland. 1942. 'IRON AGE POTTERY FROM CHINNOR', IN OXONiENSIA 7 PP108-109 & FIG 25. Vol 7.
- <2>SBC13740 Article in serial: K M Richardson & Alison Young. 1951. 'IRON AGE A SITE ON THE CHILTERNS', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 31 PP132-148 & PLS XVII-XIX. Vol 31.
- <3>SBC13236 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 15 1948-51 PP145-146, P279. Vol 15.
- <4>SBC6303 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS.
- <5>SBC13883 Article in serial: C Saunders. 1971. 'PRE-BELGIC IRON AGE IN THE CENTRAL & WESTERN CHILTERNS', IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL127 P9FF. Vol 127.
- <6>SBC4835 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1979. FARLEY M E (BCM) AUG 1979, PERS COMM.
- <7>SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS.
- <8>SBC5763 Verbal communication: Christopher Gowing. 1976. GOWING C N (BCM) MARCH 1976, PERS COMM.
- <9>SBC3458 Article in serial: R F Denington & L Gallant. 1964. 'IRON AGE POTTERY FROM THORNEY FARM, IVER', IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP241,242-224. Vol 17.
Location
Grid reference | SP 767 004 (point) |
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Civil Parish | BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Trial trenching and small area excavation (Ref: BL) (EBC12277)
Record last edited
Sep 2 2013 9:10AM