Monument record 0078201000 - THORNBOROUGH MOUNDS

Summary

Roman cremation burial in barrow excavated in 1839-1840

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013959: TWO ROMAN BARROWS 200M ENE OF THORNBOROUGH BRIDGE

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
1 BARROW, WHEN OPENED 1839-40, CONTAINED A SMALL WOODEN VAULT BUILT OVER A CREMATED CORPSE. AROUND BURIAL WERE POTS, GLASS & BRONZE VESSELS, GOLD ORNAMENT & RING, WINE JARS, IRON WEAPONS, LAMP WITH CHAINED LID (B8). 'FLOOR' OF BARROW & RB TILES WERE INCORPORATED IN SAXON DEITIES TEMPLE AT STOWE, SEE CASS 4208:03:034.

Sources (1)

  • <8>SBC13953 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1996. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.

Location

Grid reference SP 73140 33250 (point)
Civil Parish THORNBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Antiquarian excavation (EBC11818)
  • Event - Intervention: Antiquarian excavation (EBC11819)

Record last edited

Dec 18 2017 5:33PM

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