Find Spot record 0092600001 - ELLESBOROUGH GOLF CLUB

Summary

Saxon bone comb found in excavation

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

FOUND BY WRISTS OF 3RD SKELETON AS IF HELD IN HAND. LARGE DOUBLE TOOTHED COMB. WITH CENTRAL RIB. OF CLOSE GRAINED BONE. MADE OF 3 PIECES (B1).
LENGTH SUGGESTS LATE RATHER THAN EARLY (B2).
X-RAY SHOWS CONVENTIONAL NO. OF INDIVIDUAL PLATES RIVETTED BETWEEN RIBS. UNNECESSARILY LENGTHENED, UPSIDE DOWN (B7).

Sources (8)

  • ---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>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. pp322-323.
  • <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SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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

Finds (1)

  • COMB (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12499)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13973)

Record last edited

Oct 11 2024 11:57AM

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