Monument record 0583400000 - 28 CROSSFIELD ROAD: GARDEN

Summary

Possible prehistoric human remains found whilst digging in garden.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

FRAGMENTARY PARTS OF HUMAN SKELETON INCLUDING BITS OF SKULL, LOWER JAW & TEETH, RIBS, FEMUR ETC, FOUND BY R BARNARD IN BACK GARDEN WHILST DIGGING HOLE TO REMOVE PAVING STONES. NO ASSOCIATED FINDS: BONES HAD BEEN REMOVED BEFORE BCM VISIT. PREHISTORIC? IN VIEW OF VARIOUS PREHISTORIC BURIALS IN GENERAL AREA (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC824 Bibliographic reference: BARNARD R & PIKE A R (BCM) MAY 1992 FIELD VISIT.
  • <2>SBC823 Bibliographic reference: BARNARD R & BABB L (BCM) DEC 1997 (REMAINS DONATED TO BCM: ENTRY FORM NO. 2316).

Location

Grid reference SP 81385 03757 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC10832)

Record last edited

Dec 13 2012 11:09AM

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