Find Spot record 0435000001 - S OF WEST WYCOMBE ROAD

Summary

Sixteen Roman inhumation burials found during construction of housing estate

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  • INHUMATION (4th Century - 300 AD to 399 AD)

Description

ADULT MALE, FEMALE & CHILD SKELETONS FOUND. ONLY A FEW OF 16 EXCAVATED FULLY (B2).
POSTCRANIAL BONES OF SKELETON NUMBER 13 USED FOR RADIOCARBON DATING. BOTH FRACTIONS OF THE BONE - APATITE & COLLAGEN - WERE DATED (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. pp81-89.
  • <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SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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SBC17034 Unpublished document: WRIGHT R (DEPT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIV OF SYDNEY) & FARLEY M E (BCM) MAY 1982 (SEE NOTES ETC FILED & RECS OF BUCKS 23 P129).

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Grid reference Centred SU 8363 9450 (110m by 100m)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Salvage excavation (EBC10904)

Record last edited

Jun 28 2016 1:51PM

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