Monument record 0062706300 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Disturbed Early Saxon cremation recorded in excavation

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION (BURIAL:CREMATION:SECONDARY, 5th Century Saxon - 410 AD to 499 AD)

Description

INHUMATION (06:200) HAD PROBABLY DISTURBED AN EARLIER CREMATION OF SAXON PERIOD, REMAINS OF WHICH WERE IN FORM OF SHERDS OF URN (06:301); CREMATED BONES WERE FOUND SCATTERED OVER A LIMITED AREA NEAR EDGE OF GRAVE (LOCATED AT EDGE OF MOUND, W SIDE OF NE QUADRANT)(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.

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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 2:10PM

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