Monument record 0025200000 - HAYDON HILL

Summary

Scatter of Roman artefacts found over the years in this location

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

THE AREA OF HAYDON HILL/HAYDON HILL RAILWAY CUTTING ABOUNDS IN FINDS OF ROMAN MATERIAL BUT THERE IS NO AP OR OTHER EVIDENCE TO INDICATE A SPECIFIC HABITATION SITE. FINDS DONATED TO BCM IN 1897 INCLUDED POTTERY, SPINDLE WHORLS ETC; IN ?1913 2 BOXES OF POTTERY & HORSESHOES. C3 COIN FOUND,1954.


A large quantity of remains from the Romano-British village at Haydon Hill, consisting of Roman pottery, spear-heads, spindle-whorls and a number of bones was presented to the Bucks Co Museum, 1897 by Mr S.G Payne, of Aylesbury (B1).
Fragments of Romano-British pottery, from the railway cutting at Haydon Hill (Centred SP 797145), were presented to the Bucks County Museum, in 1914, by Miss Payne.
(Although the area abounds in finds of Roman material there is no further literary or AP evidence to indicate a specific habitation site) (B2 and B5).
Coin of Postumus (258-67) found in Haydon Hill railway cutting, reported by G Abbey in 1954. (B6).

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 (7)

  • <1>SBC13323 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1898 & PP 208, 213.
  • <2>SBC13345 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1915 10 P353.
  • <3>SBC11367 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS.
  • <4>SBC11866 Bibliographic reference: PHOTOS ON CAS FILE.
  • <5>SBC28843 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF: CPE/UK/2008 3083-4 16.4.47.
  • <6>SBC27556 Digital archive: VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Bucks County Museum Roman Index.
  • <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 797 145 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2026 12:10PM

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