Find Spot record 0060700001 - CASTLE HILL HOUSE

Summary

Possible Saxon burial recorded in the eighteenth century on Castle Hill

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  • Ancient Monument 1009537: CASTLE HILL, A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE AND SAXON BURIAL 50M WEST OF CASTLE HILL HOUSE (DBC7131)

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

ACCORDING TO MSS OF BROWNE-WILLIS A GIANT-LIKE MAN WAS FOUND NEAR BOTTOM OF CASTLE HILL MOUNT. APPARENTLY IN PERFECT SHAPE WHEN FOUND BUT MOULDERED INTO DUST ON TOUCHING, LEAVING ONLY BONES (B1).
SOME OF OLDER FINDS SUCH AS GIANT SKELETON MAY BE ASSOC WITH SAXON BURIAL (CASS 00488) RATHER THAN CASTLE (B11).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p917.
  • <11>SBC11918 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) FEB 1979.

Location

Grid reference SU 86710 93230 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13815)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13821)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13831)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 2:13PM

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