Monument record 0061200000 - BELOW GOMM'S WOOD

Summary

Possible Bronze Age cist burial found whilst digging a cesspit and subsequently excavated

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • CIST (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Dimensions - Width 61cm, Length 122cm.
BURIAL LYING IN CIST OR OVAL PIT FOUND BY WORKMEN ENGAGED IN DIGGING A CESSPIT IN JULY 1932 (B1).
DRAWINGS OF PIT FILED (B2).
NO TRACE OF MOUND OR SURROUNDING DITCH (B3).
EXCAVATED BY F COLMER JULY 1932 (B1-2).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC2023 Article in serial: BUCKS EXAMINER,5 AUG 1932;BUCKS FREE PRESS 8 JULY 1932,7 &14 JUNE 1940 -ARTICLES BY F COLMER.PHOTOCO.
  • <2>SBC3126 Unpublished document: Francis Colmer. COLMER'S MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS (BCM ACC NO 182.1988 (1-2,9).
  • <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp54,156.
  • <4>SBC990 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1973. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1973.
  • <5>XYSBC3142 Verbal communication: Angela Colmer & Andrew Pike (BCM). 1978. COLMER MRS A & PIKE A R, PERS COMM, JAN 1978. [Mapped feature: #11156 ]
  • <6>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.

Location

Grid reference SU 892 929 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC12136)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC11842)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 8:28PM

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