Monument record 0061201000 - BELOW GOMM'S WOOD

Summary

Possible Bronze Age cist burial found whilst digging a cesspit

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • (Alternate Type) CONTRACTED INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Plan Form - CONTRACTED
PERFECT HUMAN SKELETON LYING IN CIST OR OVAL PIT. IN CONTRACTED POSITION, LYING ON ITS LEFT SIDE, HEAD TOWARDS E & LEANING AGAINST SIDE OF PIT. APPEARED TO BE THAT OF AN ADULT MALE IN PRIME OF LIFE & OVER 6FT TALL. PHOTO (B1).
CEPHALIC INDEX OF SKULL 74.2 (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <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.
  • <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp54,156.
  • <6>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.

Location

Grid reference SU 89200 92900 (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 8:29PM

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