Monument record 0563400000 - RYE CLOSE,LODGE HILL FARM

Summary

Two Late Iron Age cremations and five Roman inhumations found in excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Old Flaunden deserted medieval hamlet and church earthworks (DBC7546)

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • CREMATION CEMETERY (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

IN DIGGING POND HUMAN BONES FOUND. RESCUE EXCAVATION LOCATED 4 INHUMATIONS IN REMAINING AREA. 1 A COMPLETE ADULT SKELETON & BONE COMB; OTHER 3 A CHILD, BABY & ADULT SKULL. ALL E-W. CLOSE BY A CREMATION OF 2 BELGIC POTS IN A SMALL PIT & OTHER FINDS. RELATIONSHIP OF INHUMATIONS TO CREMATIONS UNCLEAR (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3090 Article in serial: Mark Collard and Jonathan Parkhouse. 1995. 'A BELGIC/ROMANO-BRITISH CEMETERY AT BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 35 PP66-75. Vol 35.
  • <2>SBC14776 Article in serial: 1988. SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 18 P31. Vol 18.

Location

Grid reference SU 79520 99070 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11559)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1156)

Record last edited

Jul 1 2010 3:48PM

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