Monument record 0236900000 - MARSH LANE EAST: site 1

Summary

A peat filled paleochannel associated with prehistoric flints and medieval pottery found in evaluation trial trenching.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Prehistoric features and palaeochannel partly excavated for flood alleviation scheme
  • Planning Notification Area: Prehistoric features and palaeochannel partly excavated for flood alleviation scheme

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Type and Period (1)

  • PALAEOCHANNEL (Undated)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
POSSIBLE RIVER CHANNEL SHOWING AS CROPMARK ON AP. FIELDWORK/SURVEY FOR PROPOSED MAIDENHEAD FLOOD RELIEF SCHEME MADE VARIOUS FINDS INCLUDING 11 MEDIEVAL SHERDS (ALSO 3 CLAY PIPE BOWLS, 1 TILE FRAGMENT, 804 FIRE-CRACKED FLINTS, 62 BLADES, FLAKES (& WASTE FLAKES) & SCRAPERS (B2).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC18630 Aerial Photograph: 14/07/75. NMR SU9180/1/97. SU\915401. Yes.
  • <1>SBC6512 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1990. MAIDENHEAD, WINDSOR & ETON FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME: A STUDY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS: REPORTS 1 & 2.
  • <2>SBC23793 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 1991. Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme: Archaeological Evaluation Stage 3 1991. p9.
  • <3>SBC19199 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1997. Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme Post-Ex Assessment and Updated Project Design: Marsh Lane East Site (Taplow).
  • <4>SBC20153 Article in serial: Stuart Foreman. 1998. Excavations in advanceof the Environment Agency Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Eleviation Scheme. SMA 28, 1998. pp26-20.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9174 8001 (302m by 83m)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (5)

  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BURNT FLINT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13427)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13428)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC11913)

Record last edited

Mar 27 2018 7:27PM

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