Monument record 0002501000 - 'TWO SHIRES', SPRIGG'S ALLEY

Summary

Site of possible Roman barrow as suggested by line of county boundary and find of cremation

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Type and Period (1)

  • ROUND BARROW? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

AT TIME OF DISCOVERY, NO BARROW STOOD OVER THE BURIAL. BUT THE OXON-BUCKS COUNTY BOUNDARY HERE TAKES A SUDDEN, SHARP-STEPPED TURN, AS IF TO AVOID AN OBSTRUCTION, SO SUCH A MOUND MIGHT HAVE EXISTED (B4).
LOCAL INHABITANT STATES THERE WAS NO MOUND IN FIELD BEFORE HOUSE WAS BUILT (LATE C19)(B9).

Sources (2)

  • <4>SBC6250 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP84-85, 164.
  • <9>SBC7415 Unpublished document: 1945. LETTER FROM G ROSS TO J F HEAD, 30 APRIL 1945 (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 76570 98360 (point)
Civil Parish RADNAGE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2018 6:19PM

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