Monument record 0029203000 - MANTLES GREEN MEADOW

Summary

Geophysical survey picked up some anomalies thought to be Roman kilns or ovens but found to be metalworking waste in excavation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • (Former Type) OVEN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

FOLLOWING FINDS DESCRIBED (0292:01), PROPOSED AMERSHAM BY-PASS RESULTED IN MAGNETOMETER SURVEY (B13), REVEALING ANOMALIES INTERPRETED AS KILNS OR OVENS, AS WELL AS DITCHES, ACTIVITY BEING FOCUSED ON AREA W OF THE RIVER & ADJACENT TO THE ROAD. EXCAVATION (:04) SHOWED ANOMALIES TO BE IRON SLAG.

Sources (22)

  • ---SBC17116 Article in serial: P A Yeoman and I J Stewart. 1992. 'A ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA ESTATE AT MANTLES GREEN, AMERSHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 34. Vol 34.
  • <1>SBC3203 Unpublished document: CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN T L JONES (MIN OF WORKS) & BCM 1955-1956.
  • <2>SBC910 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER (9.56, 25.57, 95.75)..
  • <3>SBC446 Article in serial: Unknown. 1957. 'THE MUSEUM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 P118. Vol 16.
  • <4>SBC16280 Bibliographic reference: Viatores. 1964. ROMAN ROADS IN SE MIDLANDS P211.
  • <5>SBC11212 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 99 NW 1 AND NW 4 (2 CARDS FOR SAME SITE).
  • <6>SBC1830 Article in serial: Keith Branigan. 1967. 'ROMANO BRITISH RURAL SETTLEMENT IN THE WESTERN CHILTERNS', IN ARCHAEOL J 124 P157. Vol 124.
  • <7>SBC7932 Unpublished document: LIST OF COINS FOUND 1955, IDENTIFIED AT ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM (FILED)..
  • <9>SBC12274 Verbal communication: PIKE L E, TO FARLEY M E MARCH 1974.
  • <10>SBC1051 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER, 1974.309.
  • <11>SBC2836 Unpublished document: D Charlesworth. 1974. LETTER IDENTIFYING GLASS FRAGMENTS, JUNE 1974.
  • <12>SBC993 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1974.190.
  • <13>SBC3392 Unpublished document: Andrew David. 1982. AMERSHAM BYPASS, ANCIENT MONUMENTS LAB REPORT, GEOPHYSICS G 11/82.
  • <14>SBC17119 Article in serial: Peter Yeoman. 1984. 'MANTLES GREEN AMERSHAM', IN SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 14 PP11-13. Vol 14.
  • <15>SBC5470 Article in serial: S S Frere. 1984. 'ROMAN BRITAIN IN 1984', IN BRITANNIA 40 P302. Vol 40.
  • <16>SBC4717 Excavation archive: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1983-4. EXCAVATION ARCHIVE, MANTLES GREEN MEADOW EXCAVATION 1983-1984.
  • <18>SBC2960 Unpublished document: CLARK T & FARLEY M E JAN 1985.
  • <19>SBC14692 Unpublished document: SMITHSON S (OXFORD IN-SERVICE STUDENT) FEB 1985 (SEE HIS REPORT FILED)..
  • <20>SBC735 Verbal communication: BACKWAY R (SBMDC) & FARLEY M E OCTOBER 1988.
  • <21>SBC5472 Unpublished document: 1994. FRY M & FARLEY M E JANUARY 1994 (SEE CORRESPONDENCE FILED, & CATALOGUE).
  • <22>SBC4653 Article in serial: A S Esmonde Cleary (ed). 1994. 'ROMAN BRITAIN IN 1993', IN BRITANNIA 25 P276. Vol 25.
  • <23>SBC2979 Verbal communication: CLARK T NOV 1995 PERS COMM (NOTES & PHOTOGRAPHS, FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 94800 97000 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey (Ref: G 11/82) (EBC1320)

Record last edited

Sep 4 1989 12:00AM

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