Find Spot record 0045000000 - CASTLE ST/CASTLE CLOSE

Summary

Several inhumations of possible late Saxon date found by workmen and left in situ

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  • INHUMATION (7th Century to 11th Century - 600 AD? to 1099 AD?)

Description

BONES FOUND BY BUILDERS IN GILKES' YARD, INCLUDED AN 'OLD TOMB', SKULLS ETC, AND A ROW OF 5 SKELETONS, 1 WITH ONLY 1 LEG. 1 IDENTIFIED BY STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL AS AN 18-YEAR OLD GIRL. SKELETONS LEFT IN SITU UNDER PRESENT FLATS & A JAWBONE GIVEN TO BCM (B2-4). FROM MINSTER CEMETERY (SEE CASS 2575:01:001).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC2036 Article in serial: BUCKS HERALD 1967(APRIL 7) P1.
  • <2>SBC4469 Verbal communication: E NEARY, PERS COMM TO ARP, FEB 1978.
  • <3>SBC11480 Bibliographic reference: P STEPHENS (FORMER CORONERS' OFFICER) & MEF, OCT 1 976.
  • <4>SBC4358 Bibliographic reference: DR RICHARD WRIGHT, SYDNEY UNIVERSITY, JAN 1978, RE PORT ON CAS FILE.

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Grid reference SP 81750 13805 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12093)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13985)

Record last edited

Nov 25 2004 5:21PM

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