Monument record 0210107000 - EAST OF BOVENEY VILLAGE Area 16: baby burials

Summary

Two Iron Age to Roman baby burials were found in excavation in advance of Eton Rowing Course

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Type and Period (1)

  • BURIAL (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD)

Description

Excavation carried out by Oxford Archaeology of 'Site 16' in advance of construction of the Eton Rowing Lake found 2 burials of babies in the northern enclosure (B10).

Sources (12)

  • ---SBC17588 Aerial Photograph: 23/06/75. CCS 74/5.26. SU\927779.
  • ---SBC17946 Aerial Photograph: 17/06/57. CUC VF 65. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17947 Aerial Photograph: 17/06/57. CUC VF 66. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC17989 Aerial Photograph: 19/06/59. CUC YO 31. \. Yes.
  • ---SBC18347 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9278/4/76. SU\927782. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18348 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9278/4/77. SU\926782. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18349 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9278/5/81. SU\923786. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18350 Aerial Photograph: 24/07/75. NMR 9278/5/82. SU\927779. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18351 Aerial Photograph: 17/07/76. NMR 9278/6/77. SU\927777. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18352 Aerial Photograph: 17/07/76. NMR 9278/6/78. SU\927778. Yes. Yes.
  • ---SBC18353 Aerial Photograph: 17/07/76. NMR 9278/7/79. SU\927781. Yes. Yes.
  • <10>SBC19846 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1998. South Midlands Archaeology 28, 1998. 28. pp77.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 92751 77878 (47m by 2m)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC11890)
  • Event - Survey: Aerial photography (EBC119)
  • Event - Intervention: Eton College Rowing Course Project (EBC16357)
  • Event - Survey: Fieldwalking and auguring undertaken across Roman site under Eton Rowing Lake (EBC16353)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2022 11:26PM

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