Monument record 0291802000 - THE PREBENDAL, AYLESBURY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- DITCH (8th Century - 700 AD? to 799 AD?) + Sci.Date
Description
Plan Form - LINEAR
A DITCH CUT INTO THE INFILLED HILLFORT DITCH, TO A DEPTH OF NEARLY 2M. CONTAINED A SCEATA (DATED AD 710-20), A FEW SHERDS OF IPSWICH WARE, A BONE COMB & ANIMAL BONES (B3).
Part of an immature pig skull from the lower fill of the ditch was radiocarbon dated to AD 650-780 (B10).
SP81651359. A ditch, dated by a sceat of AD 710-20, and by Ipswich Ware to the Middle Saxon Period, was cut on the same alignment as the ditch of the earlier Iron Age hillfort, (SP81SW55). There was no Saxon material of a later date. The ditch was nearly 2.0m deep. It may have been a boundary ditch for the minster church associated with St Osyth, or possibly even a boundary ditch associated with the C6th settlement founded by the eponymous Egil (B11 and B4).
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 (6)
- <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.
- <8>SBC24295 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley & Gillian Jones. 2012. Iron Age Ritual: a Hillfort and Evidence for a Minster at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
- <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. p16.
- <11>SBC29083 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1985. 'Archaeological Notes from Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 27, pp129-133. Vol 27.
- <12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 81640 13945 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Excavation and watching brief (Ref: AYP 85) (EBC10653)
Record last edited
Aug 14 2026 3:13PM
