Monument record 0257300000 - C100M ENE OF CHILTON GROVE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Archaeological Notification Area: Iron Age settlement recorded during small scale excavation and watching briefs (DBC9056)
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Type and Period (1)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD) + Sci.Date
Description
Iron Age features and pottery recorded during watching briefs carried out by CMAG in 1976 and 1977 during construction of the Southern Feeder gas pipeline (B1-4).
Presence of early to late Iron Age settlement confirmed during limited strip and record excavation and subsequent watching brief carried out by TVAS in 1999 during construction of the Aylesbury-Chalgrove gas pipeline (on a parallel route to the east of the Southern Feeder). See report for detail (B5).
?"Single sherd, handmade with vegetation impression ? Saxon. Now in BCM" (SP 67611237) (B6)
Between SP 67611233 and 67671256 three ditches and a pit containing sherds of Middle-late Iron Age pottery and some animal bone be observed in a pipe trench (B7).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC3019 Bibliographic reference: CMAG & FARLEY M E,AUG 1976.
- <2>SBC3023 Bibliographic reference: CMAG & FARLEY M E,OCT 1977.
- <3>SBC22213 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. OS Record Card SP 61 SE:16.
- <4>SBC20429 Bibliographic reference: Phil Catherall, Marion Barnett & Heather McClean (eds). 1984. The Southern Feeder: The Archaeology of a Gas Pipeline. p38, Fig 38.
- <5>SBC22145 Bibliographic reference: Steve Ford, Isca Howell and Kate Taylor (et al). 2004. The Archaeology of the Aylesbury-Chalgrove Gas Pipeline, and the Orchard, Walton Road, Aylesbury.
- <6>SBC28574 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 2573.
- <7>SBC28575 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1977. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 3, pages 478 - 491, 1977. p479.
- <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 6764 1244 (60m by 230m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHILTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Small scale excavation: SITE 25, AYLESBURY-CHALGROVE GAS PIPELINE (Ref: ACP 99/19) (EBC16497)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief during trenching (EBC1061)
Record last edited
Dec 5 2025 12:41PM
