Monument record 0048800000 - CASTLE HILL HOUSE
Summary
Early Saxon burial excavated in 1901 at Castle Hill House
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- INHUMATION (5th Century Saxon to 7th Century - 410 AD to 699 AD)
Description
Skeleton found (sex not recorded but probably a woman) with several relics (B3).
2 estimated inhumations. Suggested as burial of daughter or some other relative of Taplow prince (B4). Burial found under S foot of large barrow (B6).
Location of skeleton & relics other than pendant unknown (B5).
Undisturbed chalk bedrock recorded at 0.03m depth during a watching brief carried out by Mike Farley in ?May 1998 near the gateway (hole F), suggests that any other Saxon burials in this area would have been extremely vulnerable to disturbance (B12).
Negative watching brief carried out by TVAS in July 2004 during removal of gatepiers at entrance (B13).
Sources (13)
- <1>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p195.
- <2>SBC1959 Bibliographic reference: BRUCE-MITFORD R L S 1952 ANGLO SAXON GOLD PENDANT FROM HIGH WYCOMBE IN BRITISHMUSEUMQUARTERLY15P72&P.
- <3>SBC9593 Bibliographic reference: MSS NOTES OF F COLMER C.1930'S (PER MRS ANGELA COL MER,1978).
- <4>SBC6212 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1946 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AD450-700 IN RECSOFBUCKS14PP312,317"".
- <5>SBC6233 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN S BUCKS PP102-103,158 & FIG33.
- <6>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p59.
- <7>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <8>SBC5856 Bibliographic reference: GREEN MR HERBERT,HIGH WYCOMBE LIBRARY (SEE ALSO CO RRESPONDENCE FILED).
- <9>SBC940 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1908.
- <10>SBC9976 Unpublished document: NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE ETC OF J F HEAD GIVEN BY HIS WIDOW IN MARCH 1984.
- <11>SBC9886 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL ART-COLLECTIONS FUND MAGAZINE 1986 32 P10.
- <12>SBC20245 Unpublished document: Michael Farley Archaeology. 1998. A Watching Brief at Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe.
- <13>SBC22193 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2004. High Wycombe Museum, Castle Mount, High Wycombe: an Archaeological Watching Brief.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 86760 93180 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12134)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC16379)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: HWM 04/28) (EBC16485)
Record last edited
Feb 15 2023 10:25PM
