Monument record 0210203001 - SOUTH OF BOVENEY VILLAGE Area 6: burial

Summary

Two possible Bronze Age burials 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 2 crouched inhumations outside the larger of the two northern ring ditches in 'Area 6'. 1 burial was approx 2m to the SE, the other was approx 10m to the W. Neither burial had any associated finds (B12).

Sources (1)

  • <12>SBC19770 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1997. South Midlands Archaeology 27, 1997. pp30-31.

Location

Grid reference SU 93527 77532 (point)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC119)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC11913)
  • Event - Intervention: Eton College Rowing Course Project (EBC16357)
  • Event - Survey: Fieldwalking (EBC16354)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2022 11:21PM

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