Monument record 0088900000 - N OF ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CH.

Summary

Roman cremation found levelling ground

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Historic core of Fingest village & site of Roman burial

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION (1st Century Roman to 3rd Century - 43 AD to 299 AD)

Description

LARGE COARSEWARE URN CONTAINING BURNT HUMAN BONE, FINE EARTH, CHARCOAL, IRON FRAGMENTS, SMALL BLACK POT. NOT EARLIER THAN MID C3AD. REMAINS OF ADULT FEMALE. FOUND BY MR H MONTEFIORE & MR E C ROUSE IN LEVELLING GROUND FOR GARDEN OF NEW HOUSE IN 1937 (B1- 3). IRON FRAGS IDENTIFIED AS HOB-NAILS (B2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC13231 Article in serial: 1937. RECS OF BUCKS 13 1937 P301. Vol 13.
  • <2>SBC13807 Article in serial: E Clive Rouse. 1938. 'A 3RD CENTURY ROMAN CREMATION BURIAL AT FINGEST, BUCKS', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 18 PP287-28. Vol 18.
  • <3>SBC11111 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 79 SE 01.

Location

Grid reference SU 77621 91257 (point)
Civil Parish FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12002)

Record last edited

Apr 8 2014 11:10AM

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