Monument record 0523600000 - GARDEN OF 35 CLIFFORD ROAD

Summary

Neolithic inhumation recovered in excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Site of a prehistoric cemetery suggested by excavated burial
  • SHINE: Site of a late prehistoric cemetery at Culverton Hill suggested by excavated burial

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Type and Period (2)

  • INHUMATION (Middle Neolithic - 3429 BC to 3196 BC) + Sci.Date
  • CROUCHED INHUMATION (Middle Neolithic - 3429 BC to 3196 BC)

Description

Plan Form - Crouched.
Parts of skeleton disturbed by Sqr Ldr Collins while laying patio. Bones seen to remain in section. House adjoining long-standing footpath & boundary & near crest of prominent hill (B1).
Near complete skeleton excavated. Crouched burial of male about 25yrs old. No skeletal evidence of cause of death (B2,B3).
Radiocarbon dating of part of a rib produced date range of 3429 BC - 3196 BC (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC4934 Verbal communication: 1983. FARLEY M E 7 APRIL 1983 FIELD VISIT.
  • <2>SBC4789 Unpublished document: Mike Farley & Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. FARLEY M E & PIKE A R 20-21 APRIL 1983, EXCAVATION ARCHIVE (FILED).
  • <3>SBC4774 Article in serial: Mike Farley & Sue Browne. 1983. 'A PREHISTORIC CROUCHED BURIAL AT PRINCES RISBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 25 PP142-147. Vol 25.
  • <4>SBC25157 Unpublished document: 2019. Radiocarbon Dating Certificate.

Location

Grid reference SP 80820 02876 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Salvage excavation (EBC10645)
  • Event - Intervention: Site visit following discovery (EBC10646)

Record last edited

Jan 6 2024 3:37PM

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