Monument record 0291802000 - THE PREBENDAL, AYLESBURY

Summary

Eighth century ditch recorded in excavation

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  • None recorded

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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).

Sources (4)

  • <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.

Location

Grid reference SP 81640 13945 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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

Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 3:38PM

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