Monument record 0067500000 - ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL

Summary

Roman cremation cemetery excavated in the nineteenth century in advance of the building of the hospital

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION CEMETERY? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

DISCOVERY OF ?OLD WELL APPARENTLY USED FOR SEPULCHRAL PURPOSES DURING DIGGING OF FOUNDATIONS. CHAMBER BENEATH HARD BLUE STONE CONTAINED FRAGMENTS OF CINERARY URNS, SOME WITH HUMAN BONES. 2ND CHAMBER WITH SIMILAR CONTENTS (B1).
A SANCTUARY OF BELGIC BRITONS? (B10).
BOTTOM 28FT 3IN BELOW NATURAL SURFACE (B5).

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC243 Bibliographic reference: AKERMAN J Y 1857 DISCOVERY OF ROMAN & OTHER SEPULC HRAL REMAINS AT...STONE IN ARCHAEOLOGIA34PP24-27+.
  • <2>SBC1811 Article in serial: BRANDON G 1851 ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAI NS AT STONE IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJOURNAL8P95"".
  • <3>SBC14751 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON,PROCEEDINGS 1853 2 P101.
  • <4>SBC1882 Article in serial: BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 1864 2N D SERIES 2 P116, 20 P278.
  • <5>SBC7977 Bibliographic reference: LOWNDES C 1862 LECTURE ON HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF ...HARTWELL & STONE PP11-13.
  • <6>SBC14378 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP198-200.
  • <7>SBC14718 Bibliographic reference: SMYTH W H 1864 ADDENDA TO AEDES HARTWELLIANAE PP9- 10.
  • <8>SBC12699 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P290.
  • <9>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp10-11.
  • <10>SBC13796 Bibliographic reference: ROSS A 1968 SHAFTS,PITS & WELLS IN COLESJM&SIMPSONDDASTUDIESINANCIENTEUROPEP273"".
  • <11>SBC10643 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD (IN CAS FILE 0669).
  • <12>SBC645 Bibliographic reference: ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM,OXFORD (LIST FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 77800 12000 (point)
Civil Parish STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11792)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12133)

Record last edited

Jul 26 2022 9:41AM

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