Monument record 0074600000 - STONE QUARRY AT ASHENDON

Summary

Saxon burial accompanied by a brooch, probably first half of the 7th century, 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).

A pair of Anglo-Saxon saucer-brooches are said to have been found with a skeleton in a quarry at Ashendon (SP 7014). Akerman illustrates one showing garnet inlays indicating a Kentish influence (B14). The burial possibly dates to the first half of the seventh century (B7).
Found in a stone quarry at Ashendon in 1817 (B12).
Brooch now in the Hon R C Neville's collection at Cambridge (B11).
The only quarry known to be active in the 19thc (at Ashendon) is situated at SP70221406 but the exact provenance of the burial was not found (B13).
NRHE insert 1999 (B15).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (15)

<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SBC10541 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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.
<11>SBC28887 Bibliographic reference: William Addison. 1953. Audley End.
<12>SBC28888 Serial: F W fairholt. 1849. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. p113-114.
<13>SBC28889 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 02-NOV-72.
<14>SBC28890 Bibliographic reference: John Yonge Akerman. 1855. Remains of Pagan Saxondom. p76-78. plate 38.
<15>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

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

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Parent of: STONE QUARRY AT ASHENDON (Find Spot) (0074600001)

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Event - Intervention: (EBC11953)

Record last edited

Jan 21 2026 10:29AM