Monument record 0064500000 - LYDE BROOK, BLEDLOW
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- INHUMATION (1st Century Roman to 3rd Century - 43 AD to 299 AD)
Description
HUMAN BONES & A BEAKER (01:000) FOUND BY SOME BOYS (WHO REPORTED FIND TO C O SKILBECK), IN LYDE BROOK, C.50M BELOW LYDE COTTAGE & ON W BANK. BONES INCLUDED HUMERUS, FEMUR, ULNA & METATARSAL BONES OF A WOMAN OVER 25. PRESUMABLY REST OF BONES WERE WASHED AWAY BY BROOK (B1-3).
NGR ESTIMATED FROM LOCAL INFORMATION (B4).
A Roman female burial urn found in 1928 in the bank of The Lyde, some 20 yds south of the railway at Bledlow (SP 7782 0243), and 10ft above stream level. The finds are now in Bucks County Museum. Information from C Skilbeck in 1949 (B2).
Long necked beaker in Bucks Museum Acc No 82-83.33 (B5).
Mr C Skilbeck is deceased. The exact siting cannot be confirmed (B6).
NRHE Insert 1999 (B7)
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC712 Bibliographic reference: B.C.M. ACCESSIONS REGISTER (& SEE LETTER FROM C.O. SKILBECK, FILED).
- <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p146.
- <3>SBC11378 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SP 70 SE 18, & SP 70 SE 15 (DUPLIC ATE)(FILED).
- <4>SBC9518 Bibliographic reference: MRS M COOPER 1973.
- <5>SBC27536 Digital archive: VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Bucks County Museum Record 6".
- <6>SBC28777 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 16-JAN-74.
- <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 77810 02400 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC1297)
Record last edited
Jan 13 2026 11:48AM
