Monument record 0068000000 - WINDMILL SANDPIT

Summary

Saxon cremation and inhumation cemetery indicated by finds in sand-pit in the nineteenth century

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Type and Period (2)

  • CREMATION CEMETERY (1st Century Roman to Saxon - 43 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (1st Century Roman to Saxon - 43 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

SKELETON & 2 URNS CONTAINING BONES DUG OUT. REMAINS OF LARGE FIRE: EVIDENCE OF PAGAN CREMATION. 2 DISTINCT RACES INTERRED (B1).
SKELETON & CINERARY URNS FROM SAME PIT. ROMAN GRAVE 27FT DEEP WITH BURNT STONES & URN (B2). FRONTAL PORTION OF HUMAN SKULL OF LOW TYPE WITH SOME LONG LIMB BONES (B5).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC242 Bibliographic reference: AKERMAN J Y 1857 DISCOVERY OF ROMAN & OTHER SEPULC HRAL REMAINS AT...STONE IN ARCHAEOLOGIA34PP24,2".
  • <2>SBC7982 Bibliographic reference: LOWNDES C 1862 LECTURE ON HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES... OF STONE & HARTWELL P11.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p199.
  • <4>SBC14706 Bibliographic reference: SMYTH W H 1864 ADDENDA TO AEDES HARTWELLIANAE P11.
  • <5>SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS.
  • <6>SBC10643 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD (IN CAS FILE 0669).
  • <7>SBC644 Bibliographic reference: ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM,OXFORD.
  • <8>SBC11863 Photograph: PHOTOS IN BCM GEOLOGICAL RECORDS (PHOTOGRAPHS FILE).
  • <9>SBC7412 Bibliographic reference: LETTER FROM F G GURNEY TO J F HEAD,AUG 1946 (COPY IN CAS FILE 0677;ORIGINAL IN GURNEY COLLECTION,BAS.

Location

Grid reference SP 78060 12290 (point)
Civil Parish STONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Oct 17 2024 9:43PM

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