Find Spot record 0040001001 - LATIMER VILLA

Summary

Roman inhumation burials discovered by workmen in 1834 at Latimer Villa

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

4 SKELETONS FOUND BY WORKMEN AT SITE OF LATIMER VILLA IN 1834, DURING WORK THAT FIRST REVEALED TRACES OF THE VILLA (B1-2). THE CLOSENESS OF THE BURIALS TO THE VILLA MAY INDICATE A LATE C3 OR POST-VILLA DATE (DURING ABANDONMENT)(B9). SEE ALSO 01:002.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC1322 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 0400.
  • <2>SBC2207 Article in serial: B Burgess. 1867. 'ROMAN VILLA AT LATIMER', IN RECS OF BUCKS 3 PP181-185. Vol 3.
  • <9>SBC1842 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan. 1971. LATIMER.

Location

Grid reference SU 99760 98530 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12337)

Record last edited

Feb 19 2018 3:41PM

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