Monument record 0257301000 - C100M ENE OF CHILTON GROVE
Summary
Iron Age pit, ditches and pottery found during watching briefs
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- PIT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
- DITCH (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
Description
SINGLE LARGE SHERD, HANDMADE WITH VEG IMPRESSION FOUND AUG 1976 (B1).
3 DITCHES AND PIT EXPOSED WHEN GAS-PIPE CUT IN APRIL 1987, EACH CONTAINING SHERD/SHERDS OF MID-LATE PRE-ROMAN IRON AGE POTTERY & SOME ANIMAL BONE (B2).
DITCH 1: 3.5M WIDE, 1.4M DEEP WITH BLACK FILL CONTAINING THIN BLACK LINE ABOVE WHICH WERE FINDS. DITCH 3: 2.7M X 1.1M, BOTTOM CLAY, UPPER BLACK SOIL. DITCH 4 WAS 2 DITCHES, 1.4 X 0.6M & 2 X 0.6M. PIT (2) MEASURED 3.5M X 0.65M & HAD A FILL OF DARK SOIL WITH SOME STONE & CHARCOAL (B4).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC3019 Bibliographic reference: CMAG & FARLEY M E,AUG 1976.
- <2>SBC3023 Bibliographic reference: CMAG & FARLEY M E,OCT 1977.
- <4>SBC20429 Bibliographic reference: Phil Catherall, Marion Barnett & Heather McClean (eds). 1984. The Southern Feeder: The Archaeology of a Gas Pipeline.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 6764 1244 (60m by 230m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHILTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief during trenching (EBC1061)
Record last edited
Oct 13 2017 12:42PM
