Monument record 0062706200 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Early Saxon inhumation burial recorded in excavation

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  • INHUMATION (BURIAL:INHUMATION:SECONDARY, 5th Century Saxon to 6th Century - 410 AD to 599 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0173 cm Width 0061 Depth/Thickness 0030
Plan Form - EXTENDED
IN NE QUADRANT, (8.25M FROM CENTRAL DATUM) NEAR EDGE OF BARROW WAS GRAVE CUT INTO CHALK, CONTAINING UNDISTURBED MATURE MALE SKELETON. BODY LAY ON BACK, EXTENDED, WITH HEAD RAISED (GRAVE TOO SHORT). GOOD CONDITION. GRAVE FILLED WITH REDEPOSITED CLEAN CHALK RUBBLE. GRAVE GOODS (201-204). ?C5/C6 (B1). WAS BARROW SAXON? (B15).

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10021)

Record last edited

Jul 29 2011 5:54PM

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