Monument record 0068600000 - VICINITY OF DINTON CASTLE

Summary

Saxon inhumation cemetery found digging the foundations for the castle in the eighteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

Planning Notification Area: Saxon cemetery found in 18th and 19th centuries and partly excavated in 1991

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Type and Period (1)

INHUMATION CEMETERY (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

IN DIGGING FOUNDATION TRENCH FOR CASTLE MANY HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED (B1).
J Y AKERMAN & REV J J GOODALL'S EXCAVATION ON W SIDE OF CASTLE FOUND NO TRACES OF INTERMENT EXCEPT FURTHER NW (B4).
SITE LIKELY TO EXTEND SE OF A418, ON TOPOGRAPHICAL GROUNDS (B11).
TRENCH CUT C.80M N OF CASTLE: NO INHUMATIONS RECORDED (B12).

Sources (13)

<1>SBC1810 Bibliographic reference: BRAND J 1792 DESCRIPTION...OF SUNDRY ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN DINTON IN ARCHAEOLOGIA10P169-171"".
<2>SBC4295 Bibliographic reference: DOUGLAS J 1793 NENIA BRITANNICA P69 (PHOTOCOPY FILED).
<3>SBC26952 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 2). Volume 2. pp154-155; Illustrations.
<4>SBC13302 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1860 2 PP137-140; 1872 4 P100; 1946 14 P315.
<5>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p115.
<6>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. pp197-198.
<7>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p57.
<8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<9>SBC6095 Bibliographic reference: HARDEN D B 1956 GLASS VESSELS IN BRITAIN & IRELAND AD 400-1000 IN HARDENDB(ED)DARKAGEBRITAINPP.
<10>SBC14991 Bibliographic reference: SWANTON M J 1973 SPEARHEADS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON SETTLEMENT PP174-175 (ROYAL ARC.INSTITUTE).
<11>SBC4851 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) JAN 1978.
<12>SBC372 Bibliographic reference: ALLEN D W H & FARLEY M E (BCM) JUNE 1980.
<13>SBC6516 Article in serial: Andrew Hunn, Jo Lawson & Mike Farley. 1994. 'THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY AT DINTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES VOL 7 PP85-148.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 7655 1155 (520m by 290m)
Civil Parish	DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire