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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Ascott-Under-Wychwood Long Barrow is in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds Neolithic Tombs.
Carbon Date. 3198BC. Middle Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from primary ditch fill at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4357, C14 ID: BM-835 Date BP: 5198 +/- 225, Start Date BP: 4973, End BP: 5423
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe', 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 3020BC. Middle Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from burnt structure within long barrow at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4358, C14 ID: BM-833 Date BP: 5020 +/- 92, Start Date BP: 4928, End BP: 5112
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe', 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2942BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from burnt structure at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4359, C14 ID: BM-832 Date BP: 4942 +/- 74, Start Date BP: 4868, End BP: 5016
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe', 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2930BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Bone collagen, id as from adult femur, ref 891/55 from Deposit A, Chamber 3 in cisted long barrow at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England. Subm DB. (Is revision of earlier determination BM-1976.)
ID: 8852, C14 ID: BM-1976R Date BP: 4930 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4830, End BP: 5030
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 176
Archaeologist Name: Don Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 25, 1983, 44-5 (orig date Radiocarbon, 32, 1990, 69 (revision)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2893BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from Neolithic pit at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4355, C14 ID: BM-491b Date BP: 4893 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4823, End BP: 4963
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G, in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe', 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2735BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from soil surface at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4356, C14 ID: BM-492 Date BP: 4735 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4665, End BP: 4805
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G, in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe', 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2714BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from upper levels of ditch at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4360, C14 ID: BM-837 Date BP: 4714 +/- 166, Start Date BP: 4548, End BP: 4880
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G, in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe', 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2680BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Bone collagen, id as from adult humerus, ref 534/7, from Deposit E, Chamber 7 in cisted long barrow at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England. Subm DB. (Is revision of earlier determination BM-1974.)
ID: 8850, C14 ID: BM-1974R Date BP: 4680 +/- 160, Start Date BP: 4520, End BP: 4840
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 176
Archaeologist Name: Don Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 25, 1983, 44-5 (original date): Radiocarbon, 32, 1990, 69 (revision)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 2445BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal from upper levels of ditch overlying BM-837 at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England.
ID: 4361, C14 ID: BM-836 Date BP: 4445 +/- 61, Start Date BP: 4384, End BP: 4506
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 175
Archaeologist Name: D Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 18, 1976, 19-20; Evans J G, in Simpson D D A (ed) 'Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe, 1971, 65
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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Carbon Date. 1870BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone collagen, id as from adult femur, ref 330/5, from thick deposit of bones piled outside and against outer stone of outer cist, sealing Abingdon bowl, of cisted long barrow at Ascott-under-Wychwood [Map], Oxfordshire, England. Subm DB. (Is revision of earlier determination BM-1975.)
ID: 8851, C14 ID: BM-1975R Date BP: 3870 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 3770, End BP: 3970
OS Letter: SP, OS East: 299, OS North: 176
Archaeologist Name: Don Benson
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 25, 1983, 44-5 (orig date Radiocarbon, 32, 1990, 69 (revision)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
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