Monument record 0155203000 - WINDMILL FIELD, HITCHAM

Summary

Bronze Age or Saxon houses excavated in Windmill Field, Hitcham, in the nineteenth century

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Planning Notification Area: Probable Saxon settlement site, partly excavated in late 19th century (DBC9957)

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Type and Period (1)

GRUBENHAUS? (Early Bronze Age to Saxon - 2350 BC? to 1065 AD?)

Description

CIRCULAR HUT FLOORS DISCOVERED DURING GWR CUTTING IN WINDMILL FIELD. HUT FLOORS FORMED BY SINKING A FLOOR 1-2M. HUTS ASSOCIATED WITH B/A POTTERY & ANIMAL BONES. POTTERY AT BCM INCLUDES SAXON, SO POSSIBLE THAT HUTS ARE IN FACT GRUBENHAUSEN (B2-4,B6,B8-11).
SITE NOW DEVELOPED: NO FEATURES OR SURFACE FINDS (B8).

Sources (12)

<1>SBC11527 Article in serial: PARKER J 1884 'PREHISTORIC MAN', IN RECS OF BUCKS 5 P318.
<2>SBC15282 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP179,182,204; 3 P179.
<3>SBC13844 Article in serial: J Rutland. 1891. 'HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF MAIDENHEAD', IN TAPLOW & MAIDENHEAD FIELD CLUB 8TH ANNUAL REPORT P46.
<4>SBC133 Bibliographic reference: ABERCROMBY J 1912 BRONZE AGE POTTERY VOL 2 PP51 & PL XCV (NO 474).
<5>SBC6209 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1946 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AD 450-700, IN RECSOFBUCKS14P312"".
<6>SBC6292 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP51,61,158 & FIG 10.
<7>SBC8313 Bibliographic reference: MEANY A 1964 GAZETTEER OF EARLY ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL SITES P57.
<8>SBC11406 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 11, SU 98 SW 51.(FILED).
<9>SBC11913 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) DEC 1977 (& SEE LETTER FROM O P SERECOLD TO J F HEAD, 1940, FILED).
<10>SBC11925 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) FROM BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER & INFORMATION FROM BRITISH MUSEUM.
<11>SBC4929 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E 1989 WINDMILL FIELD, HITCHAM: THE EARLY SAXON GRAVE & A POSS-IBLE SETTLEMENT IN RECSOFBUC.
<12>SBC14072 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOUR G E NOV 1987.

Location

Grid reference	SU 92170 81190 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish	BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Intervention: (EBC11807)

Record last edited

Mar 21 2018 5:02PM