Monument record 0062706200 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Early Saxon inhumation burial recorded in excavation

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Type and Period (1)

  • 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).

Sources (2)

  • <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.
  • <15>SBC4763 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1992. 'THE COP ROUND BARROW AT BLEDLOW: PREHISTORIC OR SAXON?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 34 PP11-13. Vol 34.

Location

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

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  • Event - Intervention: Excavation of round barrow at The Cop (EBC10021)

Record last edited

Apr 18 2025 1:57PM

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