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Wessex Archaeology
Chenies Manor, Chenies, Buckinghamshire
AnArchaeological Evaluation of a Tudor Manor House and an Assessment of the ResultsJanuary 2005Ref: 55751
CHENIES MANOR, CHENIES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A TUDOR MANOR HOUSE ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
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CHENIES MANOR, CHENIES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A TUDOR MANOR HOUSE ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
C
ONTENTS
S
UMMARY
...........................................................................................................................................
IV
A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.......................................................................................................................
VII
1INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................1
1.1P
ROJECT
B
ACKGROUND
..............................................................................................................11.2G
EOLOGY AND
T
OPOGRAPHY
.....................................................................................................21.3A
RCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
...................................................................21.4P
REVIOUS
A
RCHAEOLOGICAL
I
NVESTIGATIONS
..........................................................................9
2METHODS..................................................................................................................................11
2.1I
NTRODUCTION
.........................................................................................................................112.2A
IMS AND OBJECTIVES
..............................................................................................................11
Trial Trenching.............................................................................................................................11Geophysics Survey (by GSB Prospection Limited).......................................................................12 Dendrochronology (by Michael Worthington and Daniel Miles).................................................13
2.3F
IELDWORK METHODS
..............................................................................................................14
3RESULTS....................................................................................................................................15
3.1I
NTRODUCTION
.........................................................................................................................153.2G
EOPHYSICAL SURVEY
(
BY
GSB P
ROSPECTION
L
IMITED
)........................................................15
Ground penetrating radar survey (Figure 3)................................................................................15 Resistivity survey (Figure 4).........................................................................................................17
3.3D
ENDROCHRONOLOGY
(
BY
M
ICHAEL
W
ORTHINGTON AND
D
ANIEL
M
ILES
).............................18
The West Range.............................................................................................................................18The South Range...........................................................................................................................18The Linking Block.........................................................................................................................19
3.4A
RCHAEOLOGICAL
E
VALUATION
..............................................................................................19
Trench 1 (Figure 6).......................................................................................................................19Trench 2 (Figure 7).......................................................................................................................20Trench 3 (Figure 8).......................................................................................................................22Trench 4........................................................................................................................................22Trench 5........................................................................................................................................23Trench 6 (Figure 9).......................................................................................................................23Trench 7 (Figure 10).....................................................................................................................23Trench 8 (Figure 10).....................................................................................................................24Trench 9........................................................................................................................................24Trench 10......................................................................................................................................24Trench 11 (Figure 9).....................................................................................................................25Trench 12 (Figure 11)...................................................................................................................25Trench 13 (Figure 10)...................................................................................................................30Trench 14 (Figure 12)...................................................................................................................30Trench 15......................................................................................................................................30Trench 16......................................................................................................................................31Trench 17 (Figure 12)...................................................................................................................31Trench 18 (Figure 11)...................................................................................................................31
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