Monument record 0050202000 - BLIND LANE, BOURNE END

Summary

Roman burial in lead coffin recorded in excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 173cm, Width 76cm, Depth 46cm.
LEAD COFFIN FOUND C.13M WEST OF 01:000. COFFIN REMOVED UNDER SUPERVISION OF R SANSOME, BCM CURATOR. BURIAL FOUND C.75CM BELOW SURFACE. COFFIN HAD NO LID. UNDER HEAD OF BODY WERE BIRD BONES (B1-3).
REMAINS OF COFFINS WERE DEPOSITED IN BCM (B3) BUT WERE SOLD FOR SCRAP BY CURATOR, EXCEPT FOR SOME FRAGMENTS (B6).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC11482 Bibliographic reference: P.C.R.WOODESON (BUCKS CONSTABULARY) REPORT ON FIND ING OF HUMAN REMAINS AT BOURNE END/ MR GEOFFREY P.
  • <2>SBC13237 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 15 1949 P226.
  • <3>SBC6826 Bibliographic reference: JNL OF ROMAN STUDIES 40 1950 P102.
  • <4>SBC11112 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 88 NE 01.
  • <5>SBC490 Article in serial: 1949. ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER 2 NO 1 MAY 1949 P18 (PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <6>SBC2245 Bibliographic reference: C N GOWING 1975 (& SEE CORRESPONDENCE FILED).
  • <7>SBC3207 Graphic material: CORRESPONDENCE FROM DONNA R PRESTON, & 1:1250 SCALE PLAN OF SEWER.
  • <8>SBC6282 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP115, 147 & FIG 29..
  • <9>SBC11893 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1987. PERS COMM, AND INFORMATION FROM BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <10>SBC26894 Article in serial: Vol 2, number 2. 1949. Archaeological News Letter vol 2, no.2, June 1949 p35 (photocopy filed).

Location

Grid reference SU 89660 88010 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12107)

Record last edited

Sep 17 2024 3:28PM

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