Find Spot record 0002000001 - CYMBELINE'S MOUNT

Summary

Iron Age and medieval pottery found on ground surface

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Type and Period (2)

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

MAIN BAILEY IN PARTICULAR FULL OF VERY SMALL FRAGMENTS OF C13-15 POTTERY (B2).
ALSO IRON AGE A FLINT-GRITTED & FRAGMENTS OF BELGIC OR DERIVED BELGIC 1BC/AD C1. FROM AREA TO E OF CASTLE (B4,B7).



(SP 83270635) An Iron Age early A2 sherd has been found on the surface of the motte and bailey on Cymbeline's Mount (SP 80 NW 5). Finger printed ware has also been found there together with RB and medieval potsherds (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp411-412, Fig 129.
  • <4>SBC11464 Bibliographic reference: OXONIENSIA 1942 7 P109 FIG 25 NO.21/WAUGH H, MYNARD D C & CAIN R 1974 SOME IRON AGE POTTERY FROM .
  • <7>SBC15087 Unpublished document: R D Thomson. THOMSON R D (BRISTOL UNIVERSITY) SEPT 1957.
  • <15>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference SP 83270 06329 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • SHERD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • SHERD (13th Century to 15th Century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13340)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2026 9:59AM

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