Find Spot record 0001900001 - CHURCH HILL, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Iron Age pottery found after gravedigging on Church Hill

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Iron Age A sherds found 1963-6 in spoil from churchyard graves, mostly by C Saunders (B7); also a few C13-C14 sherds (B6).
Material accessioned in 1963 includes 3 bases, 1 rim shouldered jar, 2 handles, all flint-gritted & of early pre-Roman Iron Age date (B9).
2 Iron Age sherds found in hillfort, April 1991, by Angus Wainwright, NT (B11).

Sources (6)

  • ---SBC17197 Aerial Photograph: AER A49251. SU\827949. Yes.
  • ---SBC17551 Aerial Photograph: 26/06/82. BCM A6/16 16A. SU\828949. Yes.
  • ---SBC17844 Aerial Photograph: 21/06/49. CUC CN 37. SU\828949. Yes.
  • <6>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p290.
  • <9>SBC4984 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E FEB 1981.
  • <11>SBC16357 Verbal communication: 1991. WAINWRIGHT A (NATIONAL TRUST) SEPT 1991.

Location

Grid reference SU 8276 9498 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SHERD (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed finds (EBC10091)
  • Event - Intervention: Surface finds (EBC1299)

Record last edited

Nov 4 2024 9:16PM

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