Find Spot record 0050204000 - BLIND LANE,BOURNE END?

Summary

Possible fragment of Roman lead coffin from Bourne End given to the museum

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • COFFIN? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0079 Length 0148 mm
PIECE OF SHEET LEAD.PROVENANCE UNCERTAIN BUT BELIEVED TO BE PART OF 1 OF THE LEAD COFFINS FROM BOURNE END SITE.BEQUEATHED TO BCM BY REV C N WHITE WHO HAD CONNECTIONS WITH WOOBURN/BOURNE END(B9).

Sources (9)

  • <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 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWSLETTER 2 NO 1 MAY 1949 P 18 (PH OTOCOPY 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.

Location

Grid reference SU 89600 88000 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1201)

Record last edited

Jun 6 1989 12:00AM

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