Monument record 0068602000 - VICINITY OF DINTON CASTLE

Summary

Iron Age ditch found in evaluation trenches for golf course

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Type and Period (1)

  • DITCH (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0130 m Width 0003
Plan Form - LINEAR
A V-SECTION IRON AGE DITCH RAN TO E OF CEMETERY. TRACED FOR 130M, IT PETERED OUT AT ITS N END. SECTIONED IN 4 PLACES: MAX WIDTH 3M & MAX DEPTH 1.50M. SOME EVIDENCE OF RECUTTING (FURTHER DESCRIPTION). A FEW HAND-MADE BODY SHERDS IN FILL (SEE 02:001)(B13 ).

Sources (13)

  • <1>SBC1810 Bibliographic reference: BRAND J 1792 DESCRIPTION...OF SUNDRY ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN DINTON IN ARCHAEOLOGIA10P169-171"".
  • <2>SBC4295 Bibliographic reference: DOUGLAS J 1793 NENIA BRITANNICA P69 (PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <3>SBC7620 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP154-155 & ILLUSTRATIONS.
  • <4>SBC13302 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1860 2 PP137-140; 1872 4 P100; 1946 14 P315.
  • <5>SBC14127 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P115.
  • <6>SBC15292 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP197-198.
  • <7>SBC8304 Bibliographic reference: MEANEY A 1964 GAZETTEER OF EARLY ANGLO SAXON BURIAL SITES P57.
  • <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <9>SBC6095 Bibliographic reference: HARDEN D B 1956 GLASS VESSELS IN BRITAIN & IRELAND AD 400-1000 IN HARDENDB(ED)DARKAGEBRITAINPP.
  • <10>SBC14991 Bibliographic reference: SWANTON M J 1973 SPEARHEADS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON SETTLEMENT PP174-175 (ROYAL ARC.INSTITUTE).
  • <11>SBC4851 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) JAN 1978.
  • <12>SBC372 Bibliographic reference: ALLEN D W H & FARLEY M E (BCM) JUNE 1980.
  • <13>SBC6516 Article in serial: Andrew Hunn, Jo Lawson & Mike Farley. 1994. 'THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY AT DINTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES VOL 7 PP85-148.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7653 1165 (10m by 170m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10299)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10542)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2017 3:12PM

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