Watkeys, D. (2011). Land at Fleet Marston, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation Phase 2; Trench evaluation. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1096322. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Fleet Marston, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation Phase 2; Trench evaluation
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Abstract:		 In early October 2011 Oxford Archaeology was contracted to undertake the second phase of a programme of field evaluation which examined the field surrounding Fleet Marston church, (NGR SP 7797 1596). The second stage of evaluation, comprised of twenty five trenches. Trenches were targeted either on features identified by the geophysical survey to better understand their date and character, or on apparently 'blank' areas, to test this assumption. No significant prehistoric remains were recorded. The main enclosure systems identified by geophysics in the southern and eastern parts of the site were sample excavated and found to be of Roman date, although datable cultural material was scarce. It is possible that some of the excavated features in the central and northern parts of the site were also of Roman date or origin, but this was obscured by later medieval activity. These Roman enclosures occupy an area of locally higher ground, and marked by their surrounding ditches they appear to be small fields/paddocks, possibly located some distance from the main settlement which may have lain 250m to the south west closer to Akeman Street. A very small amount of early and possibly late Saxon pottery indicates activity close by but larger amounts of pottery date the main period of occupation on the site to the 11th to 15th centuries. This activity is focussed around the church, and in particular on its southern and western sides. The evidence indicates possibly two phases of larger church enclosure with the village settlement running west and north west from the church. This part of Fleet Marston village appears to have been abandoned from the 15th/16th century, leaving the church as it is today.
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Author:		 D Watkeys
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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District: Aylesbury Vale
Parish: Fleet Marston
County: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 477999, 215799 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-292185
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Created Date:		 13 Jul 2022