Monument record 0092600000 - ELLESBOROUGH GOLF CLUB

Summary

Saxon cemetery found whilst digging a bunker

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

3 INHUMATIONS DISCOVERED ON GOLF COURSE DURING DIGGING OF BUNKER 30' x 8'. SITE C.230M N OF CASS 00930. 1ST BODY, CROUCHED BURIAL, MALE C.60. GRAVE 45-51CM DEEP. 2ND BODY MALE PROB 40-45, EXTENDED BURIAL. GRAVE 51CM DEEP. 3RD BODY FAIRLY TALL MALE UNDER 25. GRAVE 80CM DEEP (B1).

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  • ---SBC19442 Photograph: Head J. ?. Print of cowrie shell and bone comb from 1908 Ellesborough Gol Course excavations.
  • <1>SBC3066 Article in serial: Alfred Heneage Cocks. 1909. 'ANGLO SAXON BURIALS AT ELLESBOROUGH', IN RECS OF BUCKS 9 PP425-430 PLS I-III. Vol 9.
  • <2>SBC6216 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1946 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AD450-700 IN RECSOFBUCKS14PP322-323"".
  • <3>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p57.
  • <4>SBC1284 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1908,1973 & 1979.
  • <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <6>SBC10032 Bibliographic reference: OAKLEY K P 1943 COWRY SHELL& FLINT CORES FROM ASHE N PLAINS,DURSLEY,GLOS.IN BRISTOL&GLOSARCHSOCTRANS.
  • <7>SBC4941 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E APRIL 1975.

Location

Grid reference SP 84500 07000 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11814)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1218)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2023 10:33PM

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