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Name: Prehistoric and Saxon finds at Montem Mound, Slough, Berkshire
HER Number: 00327.02.000
Record Type: Find Spot

Grid Reference: SU 966 800
Administrative Area/Parish:Slough, Slough, Berkshire
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Summary

A flake was found at the top of Montem mound and Saxon pottery sherds were found around its base.

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • FINDSPOT (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

12 sherds of pottery were found at the base of the mound in erosion gullies. Two were found at the top of an erosion gully, and one was in a black layer near the top in the side of an erosion gully. Although identified as Saxon, one or two sherds may be Late Bronze Age. A lithic flake was found at the top of Montem Mound during an earthwork survey by members of the East Berkshire Archaeological Survey in 1985 <1>.


<1> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 1989, Green Triangle Slough - An Archaeological Assessment (Unpublished document). SSL12602.

Sources

<1>Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 1989. Green Triangle Slough - An Archaeological Assessment. [Unpublished document / SSL12602]

Associated Events:

  • None
  • Associated Monuments

    MSL384The Montem Mound, Salt Hill, Slough, Berkshire (Monument)

    Associated Finds:

  • FSL834 - FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FRM12012 - SHERD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • FSL835 - SHERD (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)