Monument record 0062400000 - BAYTREE COTTAGE, BACK LANE

Summary

Possible Saxon cremation and inhumation cemetery found in the early twentieth century

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Type and Period (4)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • CEMETERY? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • CREMATION CEMETERY? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • MIXED CEMETERY? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

3 ESTIMATED INHUMATIONS, LOUDWATER (NO FURTHER DETAILS DUE TO DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS BY ENEMY ACTION)(B1).
SAXON URN, NEAR LARGE TREE IN STREAM OPPOSITE COTTAGE (B2,B6).
ISOLATED FIND; BURIAL SITE? (B3).
CREMATION? (B4).
BACK LANE NOW KINGSMEAD ROAD. COTTAGE FORMERLY STOOD AT SU8990 9063. NO FURTHER INFORMATION (B5).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p312.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p160.
  • <3>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p58.
  • <4>SBC10079 Map: ORDNANCE SURVEY 1966 MAP OF BRITAIN IN THE DARK AGES (2ND EDITION) MAP & P47.
  • <5>SBC11148 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 89 SE 42 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC6270 Unpublished document: HEAD, J F CORRESPONDENCE WITH OS & BRITISH MUSEUM 1950, 1974 & 1977 (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 89900 90600 (point)
Civil Parish CHEPPING WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14188)
  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2024 2:07AM

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