T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S Land off Huntercombe Lane South, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire Archaeological Watching Brief by Aiji Castle Site Code: WLS12/150 (SU 9335 8082) !"#$ % &% '% *+-% .-% +'% % % % '% !"#$ %&'""()*+'##*,-.&'""()*+'##/, '4'667012000%%%3 ;+#!<#=" > B D F ++ F J # F F J JK K F ?-' K K F MN F ! ; M F M MF J FM F M @ F M F F F $ ; PQ D !D P M Q D J JQDJ J J QF D #$ = ..EF*>G# M I Milton Keynes Buckingham Aylesbury High Wycombe 82000 SITE 81000 SITE SU93000 94000 WLS 12/150c Land off Huntercombe Lane South, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief Figure 1. Location of site within Bunham and Buckinghamshire. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 171 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 3 9 2 80900 8 disturbance 7 4 Exc area 6 A B 2 100 D 1 5 C 10 OA1 1 Berkshire Buckinghamshire Pond 1 Pond 2 truncated drain Disturbed 80800 al diev t-me pos 20 19 23 22 21 18 Monitored test pit SU93300 93400 WLS 12/150c N Land off Huntercombe Lane South, Burnham, Buckinghamshire Archaeological watching brief Figure 2. Observed areas of watching brief, in relation to previous work to the north. 0 50m NSNS SSW NE 22.85maOD 22.12m 22.2m 80 79 78 19 20 18 SSE NNW S N 22.89m 22.73m 81 82 21 22 SSE NNW 22.29m 83 23 WLS 12/150c Land off Huntercombe Lane South, Burnham, Buckinghamshire Archaeological watching brief Figure 3. Sections. 0 1m Plate 1. Small filtration pond excavation , looking south, Scales: 2m and 1m. Plate 2. Large filtration pond, showing linear features, looking east, Scales: 2m and 1m. WLS 12/150c Land off Huntercombe Lane South, Burnham, Buckinghamshire Archaeological watching brief Plates 1 - 2. Plate 3. South edge strip of pond, exposing gully 18, looking east, Scales: 0.5m and 0.1m. Plate 4. Ditch slot 23, looking west, Scales: 2m and 0.3m. WLS 12/150c Land off Huntercombe Lane South, Burnham, Buckinghamshire Archaeological watching brief Plates 3 - 4. TIME CHART Calendar Years Modern AD 1901 Victorian AD 1837 Post Medieval AD 1500 Medieval AD 1066 Saxon AD 410 Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC Neolithic: Late 3300 BC Neolithic: Early 4300 BC Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, 47-49 De Beauvoir Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5NR Tel: 0118 9260552 Fax: 0118 9260553 Email: [email protected] Web: www.tvas.co.uk.