Monument record 0061400000 - WYCOMBE RYE

Summary

Possible Iron Age inhumation cemetery recorded in the early twentieth century when laying a sewer trench

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

7 OR 8 HUMAN SKELETONS DISCOVERED IN LAYING OF SEWER. LYING SIDE BY SIDE WITH HEAD TOWARDS THE DYKE. NO ARTEFACTS TO PROVIDE DATE. SHALLOW GRAVES, 2-3FT BELOW ALLUVIAL SOIL, SUGGESTS HASTY INTERMENT. SKULLS OF DOLICHOCEPHALIC PEOPLE. WELL PRESERVED TEETH. 1 SIMILAR TO ENGIS SKULL FROM MEUSE VALLEY (B1).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC2028 Article in serial: BUCKS FREE PRESS AUG.16 1929; AUG 30 1940 (ARTICLES BY F COLMER, PHOTOCOPIES FILED)..
  • <2>SBC3129 Bibliographic reference: COLMER F MS NOTEBOOKS (BCM ACC NO 182.1988(3)) %.
  • <3>SBC3137 Bibliographic reference: COLMER MRS A & PIKE A R 1978.

Location

Grid reference SU 86900 92600 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12150)

Record last edited

Mar 13 2024 9:34AM

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