Monument record 0572400001 - 2 & 4 CASTLE STREET

Summary

Two skeletons of probably Saxon or medieval date found during building work

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • HUMAN REMAINS (5th Century Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • INHUMATION (5th Century Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

IN BUILDING WORKS SKELETON FOUND & REMOVED; NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF POSITION. AMONG LOOSE BONES WERE PELVIS, FIBULA. SKULL FOUND 900MM FROM W WALL, 900MM DEEP. 2ND SKELETON LATER FOUND, ALIGNED NE/SW: LINE OF ARTICULATED VERTEBRAE, TIP OF PELVIS, SCAPULA & CLAVICLE IN-SITU ETC. NO SKULL (FURTHER DETAIL)(B3).

Sources (1)

  • <3>SBC5068 Unpublished document: Mike Farley (BCM). 1990. DETAILED NOTES, PHOTOS, LOCATION PLAN AND SECTION, FILED.

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Grid reference SP 81760 13788 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find during building work (EBC18299)

Record last edited

Feb 8 2021 4:50PM

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