Monument record 0064301000 - THE WARREN, BLEDLOW

Summary

Late Saxon inhumation found in the side of a rag-pit

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (10th Century - 900 AD to 999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Depth 75cm.
IN 1912 C O SKILBECK HEARD FROM A FARMER ABOUT PREVIOUS BURIALS AT THE RAG PIT (AT NGR) (SEE 00:000). HE FOUND BONES PROJECTING FROM SIDE OF PIT, C.60 CM BELOW TOPSOIL. HE DUG UP BOY'S SKELETON, MINUS SKULL, WITH KNIFE, & PHOTOGRAPHED IT. CLOSE BY WERE ADULT SHIN BONES & PROBABLY MORE BURIALS (B5-10).

Sources (6)

  • <5>SBC7410 Bibliographic reference: LETTER FROM C O SKILBECK TO J F HEAD, 1949 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p314.
  • <7>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp97,99,147.
  • <8>SBC918 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER (SEE ALSO LETTER FROM C O SKILBECK IN CAS FILE 0645).
  • <9>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p57.
  • <10>SBC10701 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 70 SE 12, DEC 1965..

Location

Grid reference SP 77680 01430 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10001)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 9:14PM

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