Monument record 0611200000 - 200M SE OF RISLIP FARM

Summary

Saxon cemetery recorded during quarrying works.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Saxon cemetery found during quarrying

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Type and Period (1)

  • CEMETERY (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

?SMALL CEMETERY OF PERHAPS SEVEN INDIVIDUALS (ONE POSSIBLE CREMATION) ASSOCIATED WITH BONE COMB FRAGS AND POT SHERDS. POTTERY INCLUDED GRASS TEMPERED SAXON SHERDS AND FLINT GRITTED SHERD. CEMETERY LOCATED JUST OFF THE HILL CREST. DISCOVERED DUE TO QUARRYING ACTIVITIES (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC11576 Article in serial: Jonathan Parkhouse (BCM). 1996. SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 26 P16. Vol 26.
  • <2>SBC4825 Article in serial: Mike Farley (BCM). 1998. 'ARCHAEOLOGICAL NOTES FROM BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 38 (for 1996) p259. Vol 38.

Location

Grid reference SP 88910 27590 (point)
Civil Parish SOULBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Salvage excavation (Ref: SRF 96) (EBC1111)

Record last edited

Jan 31 2018 2:07PM

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