Monument record 0294100000 - STONEY ROCKS FIELD

Summary

Possible Roman or medieval building remains ploughed up in Stony Rocks Field

Protected Status/Designation

Archaeological Notification Area: Site of a Roman building suggested by fieldwalking finds (DBC9234)

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Type and Period (2)

BUILDING (1st Century Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
TESSELLATED FLOOR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

REFERENCE TO FOUNDATIONS AND PAVING HAVING BEEN PLOUGHED UP. PAVING IN FORM OF DICE WORK. SITE INTERPRETED AS CHAPEL (B1).
SITE LOCATED IN STONEY ROCKS FIELD TO SOUTH OF BRAINFORD WOOD ON SLIGHT PLATEAU (B7).
1840 TITHE MAP REFERS TO FIELD STONEY ROCKS POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT (B5).

Stone foundations and a coin 'about the size of a half-crown' (possibly a sestertius) have been noted by Chauncy in Chappel Field, SU 960955. He also mentions 'paving work in manner of dice work' which would surely refer to a tessellated or mosaic floor. Branigan's reference however, places Chappel Field in the middle of the present Brentford Wood, but what might possibly be foundations are visible on A/Ps in the field to the East, at SU 96209517. (B4 and B10).

No trace of stone foundations at Branigan's site in Brentford Wood or at either AP site, and no finds have been made by the farmer or by members of the Chess Valley Arch Soc who have attempted to locate the site. The only Chapel Field known in the parish is in Coleshill Village at SU 949951 (B11).

NRHE Insert 1999 (B12).

Sources (12)

<1>SBC2840 Bibliographic reference: CHAUNCEY SIR H HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE 2 (1826) P572 (IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 2941.
<2>SBC6923 Article in serial: W H Hastings Kelke. 1862. 'AMERSHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 2 PP333-353. Vol 2, No. 8. pp351-352.
<3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p154.
<4>SBC1847 Article in serial: BRANIGAN K ARCHAEOLOGIAL JOURNAL 124 (1967) P157.
<5>SBC15123 Map: TITHE MAP 1840 (IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 2941).
<6>SBC9321 Unpublished document: MR J G CHEVENIX TRENCH AND MEF APRIL 1977 (LETTER IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 2.
<7>SBC9320 Unpublished document: MR J G CHEVENIX TRENCH S AND P CAUVAIN AND MEF APRIL 1977.
<8>SBC13854 Bibliographic reference: S AND P CAUVAIN AND MEF FEB 1978.
<9>SBC24859 Bibliographic reference: David S Neal and Stephen R Cosh. 2009. Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume III: South-east Britain Part 1.
<10>SBC28383 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1958. RAF aerial photograph 58/RAF/1472 0226-7.
<11>SBC28384 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 08-OCT-74.
<12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SU 9581 9510 (130m by 30m)
Civil Parish	COLESHILL, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Intervention: (EBC13331)

Record last edited

Nov 17 2025 11:56AM