Monument record 0291800000 - THE PREBENDAL, AYLESBURY

Summary

Site of excavation that revealed an Iron Age hillfort at the Prebendal, Saxon ditch, medieval pits and ditches and post-medieval features

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Type and Period (4)

  • SETTLEMENT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 700 BC to 101 BC)
  • SETTLEMENT (8th Century - 700 AD to 799 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (16th Century to Modern - 1500 AD to 1999 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (11th Century to 14th Century - 1000 AD? to 1399 AD)

Description

DISCOVERY OF A SUBSTANTIAL DEFENSIVE DITCH DURING DEVELOPMENTS LED TO A 14 WEEK EXCAVATION. DURING THIS WORK, EVIDENCE FOR AN IRON AGE HILLFORT, SAXON DITCH, MEDIEVAL PITS & WELLS, A CIVIL WAR DITCH, & C18 FEATURES DISCOVERED. SEE ALSO CASS 00352, 01932, 04091. (B3-4,B6,B8-9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC4907 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1974. 'AYLESBURY - A DEFENDED TOWN?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 19 PP430-436. Vol 19.
  • <2>SBC4883 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E (BCM) OCT 1977 PERS COMM.
  • <3>SBC4926 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1986. INTERIM REPORT IN SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 16 PP37-38. Vol 16.
  • <4>SBC4925 Article in serial: Mike Farley. 1986. 'AYLESBURY' (ARTICLE ON PREBENDAL SITE), IN CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY NO 101 PP187-189. No 101.
  • <5>SBC22457 Unpublished document: Sutton Archaeological Services. 2002. Evaluation Report on 3 Granville Place/Buckingham Street, Aylesbury.
  • <6>SBC22662 Article in serial: George Lamb. 2001. 'Aylesbury in the Civil War', in Records of Buckinghamshire 41 pp183-189. Vol 41.
  • <7>SBC22965 Unpublished document: David Radford (BCC). 2007. Recorded Observation; King's Head Passage.
  • <8>SBC24295 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley & Gillian Jones. 2012. Iron Age Ritual: a Hillfort and Evidence for a Minster at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
  • <9>SBC24239 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2012. Prebendal House, Aylesbury: Historic Buildings Recording and Archaeological Watching Brief.
  • <10>SBC24584 Bibliographic reference: Alex Bayliss, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Gordon Cook, Gerry McCormac, Robert Otlet & Jill Walker. 2013. Radiocarbon Dates from Samples Funded by English Heritage Between 1988 and 1993.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8163 1395 (80m by 80m)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation and watching brief (Ref: AYP 85) (EBC10653)

Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 3:36PM

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