Monument record 0062703200 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Bronze Age cremation found in excavation

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  • CREMATION (BURIAL:CREMATION:SECONDARY, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

8.3M NNW OF CENTRAL DATUM; LYING ON CHALK FLOOR IN HOLLOW SCOOPED IN OLD TURF LINE WAS A QUANTITY OF CREMATED BONES. NO URN PRESENT, BUT AMONG THE BONES WERE FLINTS & BRONZE HOOK (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC6205 Article in serial: J F Head (with contributions from W F Grimes, F G Parsons, F C Fraser, A S Kennard & J Cecil Mary). 1938. 'THE EXCAVATION OF THE COP ROUND BARROW, BLEDLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP313-351. Vol 13, part 5.

Location

Grid reference SP 77330 01090 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10021)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 1:36PM

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