Monument record 0062706400 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Early Saxon cremation burial recorded in excavation

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  • CREMATION (BURIAL:CREMATION:SECONDARY, 5th Century Saxon to 7th Century - 410 AD to 699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0060 cm Width 0040 Depth/Thickness 0060
Plan Form - OVAL
PIT WITH SMOOTH VERTICAL SIDES CUT INTO CHALK, C.60CM DEEP, 1.7M WNW OF CENTRAL DATUM. URN IN SITU, AGAINST W WALL, BUT DECAY OF BASE LED TO COLLAPSE EASTWARDS. URN CONTAINED BURNT BONES OF MALE, NOT MORE THAN 40 YEARS OLD. NO GRAVE GOODS, DESPITE MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION (URN:06:401)(B1).

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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 5:55PM

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