Monument record 0023901000 - THORNEY FARM

Summary

Eight Iron Age to Roman pits recorded in Thorney Farm gravel pit

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • PIT (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD)

Description

GRAVEL EXTRACTION HAD SECTIONED PITS WITH VERTICAL SIDES & FLAT BOTTOMS WITH AN IA FILLING WITH MED FILLING ABOVE; ALSO AN RB TAPERING PIT. PITS IN THE BRICKEARTH NOT EASY DISTINGUISHED: 2 HAD RB SHERDS. PITS HAD NO CLEARLY DEFINED EDGE. PUDDLED. 1 PIT(S) HAD MANY OX BONES & A SKULL & 1 SAMIAN SHERD(B1)

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC18014 Aerial Photograph: FAS 1593/084. TQ\044796. Yes.
  • <1>SBC3459 Bibliographic reference: DENINGTON R F & GALLANT L 1964 THE IRON AGE POTTER Y FROM THORNEY FARM,IVER,IN RECSOFBUCKS17PP240-25.
  • <2>SBC8514 Bibliographic reference: MIDDLE THAMES ARCH & HIST SOC NEWSLETTER 1962 1(2) P11; (7) PP11-13.
  • <3>SBC1524 Bibliographic reference: BCM LOANS REGISTER (& SEE NOTES ETC FILED).
  • <4>SBC12090 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FROM NMR A/P,JUNE 1980 (COPY AT BCM).

Location

Grid reference TQ 04400 79600 (point)
Civil Parish IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10864)

Record last edited

Sep 13 1988 12:00AM

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