Monument record 0210202001 - SOUTH OF BOVENEY VILLAGE Area 6: burial

Summary

Probable Bronze Age burial found during excavations for the Eton Rowing Course

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • BURIAL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • CROUCHED INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeological Unit in 1996 in advance of construction of the Eton Rowing Lake revealed a crouched inhumation burial approx 3m to the N of the ditch of the south-easternmost of the 4 ring-ditches in 'Area 6' (B12).

Sources (1)

  • <12>SBC19770 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1997. South Midlands Archaeology 27, 1997. pp30.

Location

Grid reference SU 93457 77448 (point)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14103)
  • Event - Intervention: Eton College Rowing Course Project (EBC16357)
  • Event - Survey: Fieldwalking (EBC16354)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2022 11:22PM

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