Monument record 0050202000 - BLIND LANE, BOURNE END

Summary

Roman burial in lead coffin recorded in excavation

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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 (4)

  • <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.
  • <6>SBC2245 Bibliographic reference: C N GOWING 1975 (& SEE CORRESPONDENCE FILED).

Location

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12107)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2024 1:01AM

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