Monument record 0074600000 - STONE QUARRY AT ASHENDON

Summary

Saxon burial found in quarry

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  • INHUMATION (5th Century Saxon to 7th Century - 410 AD to 699 AD)

Description

FIBULAE FOUND WITHIN BONES OF HUMAN SKELETON IN STONE QUARRY AT ASHENDON (B1). INHUMATION BURIAL (B6).
DATING OF 1 OF BROOCHES SUGGESTS BURIAL 1ST HALF C7 (B7).
OS SUGGEST THAT ONLY QUARRY ACTIVE IN C19 IS AT NGR (B8).
QUARRY NOW PARTLY FILLED, PARTLY A RESERVOIR (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC1881 Article in serial: BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 1850 5 PP113-116.
  • <2>SBC239 Bibliographic reference: AKERMAN J Y 1855 PAGAN SAXONDUM PL 38.
  • <3>SBC13296 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1859 2 P117.
  • <4>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p197.
  • <5>SBC1942 Bibliographic reference: BROWN G BALDWIN 1915 ARTS IN EARLY ENGLAND: SAXON ART & INDUSTRY IN THE PAGAN PERIOD P637.
  • <6>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p56.
  • <7>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. pp313,320.
  • <8>SBC10541 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS FIELD INVESTIGATION.
  • <9>SBC5716 Bibliographic reference: GILL MRS S & WATERTON MRS D,1974.
  • <10>SBC6644 Bibliographic reference: INFORMATION FROM CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY & ETHNOLOGY.

Location

Grid reference SP 70220 14060 (point)
Civil Parish WOTTON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish ASHENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 11:53AM

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