Monument record 0068601001 - VICINITY OF DINTON CASTLE

Summary

Twenty Saxon graves found in evaluation trenches for golf course

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • GRAVE (6th Century - 500 AD to 599 AD)

Description

20 GRAVES WERE LOCATED/EXCAVATED. MOST WERE VERY SHALLOW, LESS THAN 0.25M BELOW THE STRIPPED SURFACE. MANY SHOWED SIGNS OF DISTURBANCE BY TREES & AN OLD TRACKWAY. NO GRAVE CUTS WERE DETECTED (B13).

Sources (1)

  • <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 7653 1165 (10m by 170m)
Civil Parish DINTON-WITH-FORD AND UPTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10299)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10542)

Record last edited

May 22 2022 7:32PM

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