Monument record 0061500000 - 1-2 CHURCH SQUARE, HIGH WYCOMBE

Summary

Inhumation cemetery of uncertain date found during house alterations in Church Square, High Wycombe

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (1st Century Roman to Saxon - 43 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

DURING ALTERATIONS TO C16/C17 WING OF HOUSE, C.3-4M DOWN, A NUMBER OF HUMAN SKELETONS FOUND LYING IN CONFUSED STATE. NOT BURIED IN ANY ORDER. VERY FEW ASSOCIATED OBJECTS: IN HOLLOW OF 1 VERTEBRA PORTION OF A BRONZE PIN POINT. NO OTHER TRACE OF METAL NOR ANY WOOD. A FEW FRAGMENTS OF EARTHENWARE FOUND (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC2030 Article in serial: BUCKS FREE PRESS MAY 10 1940 (ARTICLE BY F COLMER, PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <2>SBC15045 Bibliographic reference: TAYLOR MRS J FEB 1979 (CONFIRMED BY KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1939).

Location

Grid reference SU 86565 93060 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Oct 11 2017 6:47PM

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