Taplow Quarry, Taplow, Buckinghamshire - Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment

Wessex Archaeology

The recent archaeological interventions at the quarry have recorded features dated to the Bronze Age and Romano-British periods. The area then appears to go into decline until the establishment of a post-medieval field system, parts of which are extant. This later activity on the Site is illustrated in a rectilinear pattern of post-medieval field boundaries, the orientation of which is still maintained in the present boundaries surrounding the Site.

The proposed extension to the existing quarry is located to the west of the current operations and the proposed boundary lies within an area that aerial photographs have shown to be clear of archaeology. As with the previous submission for the Haul Road the extension area has been designed to avoid the known archaeology depicted on the aerial photograph. During a monitoring visit covering the Phase 2 gravel extraction the County Curatorial Officer intimated that the same Strip, Map and Record exercise could be applied to the adjacent proposed Phase 3.