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Title:

Land at Eaton Leys, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design

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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1112339

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Abstract:

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake archaeological mitigation work at Eaton Leys, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Six areas occupying 2.95 ha in total were investigated by means of strip, map and sample excavation. The most significant remains were in Area A and Area D. Area A contained ditches forming droveways and a co-axial field system. These appear to be LIA/ERB in date, and would have formed part of the hinterland of the former Roman town of Magiovinium, which lies just to the north of the excavated area. Area D contained a cremation cemetery containing over 30 burials. The majority had been placed in urns of early/middle Saxon manufacture. The majority of the finds assemblage comprises Late Iron Age/Romano-British pottery - other material types are not well represented, and are in generally poor condition (particularly the animal bone). Of most interest are the human remains, pottery, metalwork and glass from urned and unurned Saxon cremation burials. Over 300 environmental samples were collected from a range of features, although in general, they are not particularly informative. The environmental remains recovered from the samples are dominated by wood charcoal; the majority originates from cremation-related deposits, and likely represents fuel for funeral pyres. In April 2020 Wessex Archaeology undertook an extension to the previous, strip, map and record area to accommodate a subsequent design change. Two areas were opened to extend the pump station footprint and realign its service trench and a small rectangular area was opened to accommodate the substation. The areas are centred on NGR 488839 233273 and covered 232m². The larger extension to the pumping station area revealed the continuation of the Late Iron Age/ Romano-British co-axial grid field system identified in the previous phase of works, and a pit and gully. The smaller pumping station area and substation contained no archaeological features. The results of the work were published in the Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 62, 2022 . Dabill, H. EATON LEYS (MILTON KEYNES): AN EARLY ANGLO-SAXON CREMATION CEMETERY AND ROMANO-BRITISH FIELD SYSTEM WITH CONTEMPORARY CREMATION BURIALS ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MAGIOVINIUM

Author:

H. Dabill
P Daniel

Publisher:

Wessex Archaeology

Year of Publication:

2019

Locations:

District:	Milton Keynes
Country:	England
County:	Buckinghamshire
Parish:	Bletchley and Fenny Stratford

Grid Reference: 488939, 233159 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

DITCH (Monument Type England)

EARLY MEDIEVAL URN (Tag)

DEBITAGE (Object England)

EXCAVATION (Event)

EARLY MEDIEVAL CREMATION CEMETERY (Tag)

ROMAN CREMATION GRAVE (Tag)

URN (Object England)

ROMAN POT (Tag)

CREMATION GRAVE (Monument Type England)

ROMAN DITCH (Tag)

LATER PREHISTORIC DEBITAGE (Tag)

ROMAN URN (Tag)

STRIP MAP AND SAMPLE (Event)

CREMATION CEMETERY (Monument Type England)

POT (Object England)

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)

LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)

EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	wessexar1-334083
OBIB:	207761.01

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Created Date:

15 Aug 2023