Monument record 0435000000 - S OF WEST WYCOMBE ROAD

Summary

Roman inhumation cemetery found during construction of housing estate

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  • Planning Notification Area: Roman cemetery site found during construction of housing estate (DBC9880)

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (4th Century - 300 AD to 399 AD) + Sci.Date

Description

13 BURIALS ALL ORIENTATED NW TO SE FOUND DURING DIGGING FOOTINGS FOR NEW HOUSING ESTATE S OF A40, 17 JUNE 1978. 2 MORE RELIABLY REPORTED FOUND EARLIER & A 16TH OBSERVED IN SECTION LATER 1978. TRACES OF COFFINS & NAILS. RADIOCARBON SUGGESTS C2 DATE (B1).
CORRECTION OF RADIOCARBON DATES - C4 AD (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC4866 Article in serial: Michael Farley and Richard Wright. 1979. 'AN EARLY RB INHUMATION CEMETERY AT WEST WYCOMBE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 21 PP81-89. Vol 21.
  • <2>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <3>SBC17034 Unpublished document: WRIGHT R (DEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIV OF SYDNEY) & FARLEY M E (BCM) MAY 1982 (SEE NOTES ETC FILED & RECS OF BUCKS 23 P129).

Location

Grid reference SU 8363 9447 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Salvage excavation (EBC10904)

Record last edited

Aug 2 2018 1:03PM

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