Monument record 0216703001 - A421,BOURTON GROUNDS

Summary

Late Iron Age to Roman pits and ditches found in excavation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • DITCH (Late Iron Age to 3rd Century - 100 BC to 299 AD)
  • PIT (Late Iron Age to 3rd Century - 100 BC to 299 AD)

Description

EARLIEST EXCAVATED FEATURES WERE A GROUP OF C1 ADDITCHES,WITH BELGIC & RB POTTERY & A LA TENE III B ROOCH.A SHALLOW PIT/DEPRESSION CONTAINED IA/RB GRO GGED WARES.ANOTHER SERIES OF DEEP DITCHES MAY HAVE BEEN A BOUNDARY TO THE SETTLEMENT TILL THE C3 AD, WHEN THE LATEST CUT FELL OUT OF USE(BI3)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC7128 Verbal communication: KJ WOOLLEY &MEF 1975(JAN) PERS COMM.
  • <2>SBC7129 Verbal communication: KJ WOOLLEY &MEF 1975(JUNE) PERS COMM.
  • <3>SBC2353 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1992. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION ON THE A421 ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME AT BOURTON GROUNDS.
  • <4>SBC1766 Unpublished document: BONNER D 1995 REPORT ON WATCHING BRIEF.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7239 3325 (370m by 100m)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10836)

Record last edited

Jan 2 2018 3:06PM

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