Monument record 0096200000 - RAF STATION,HALTON

Summary

Possible Roman cemetery suggested by finds of human remains and pottery in groundworks

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

FILLING FROM TRENCH AT NGR PRODUCED SKELETON. SITE NOW HOUSING ESTATE (B1).
SECTIONS OF HUMAN VERTEBRAE (B2).
SITE APPEARS ON MAP WITH OTHER NEARBY RB BURIALS (B3).
FURTHER HUMAN BONES: SKULL, LOWER JAW, ODD LOWER JAW & VERTEBRAE PRESUMED TO BE FROM THIS SITE (B6).




[NRHE 344174] Roman material was found while trench digging on a building site at RAF Halton in 1953. A limited rescue excavation by Bucks Co Museum at SP 88270996 recovered two 2nd c. pots (one complete) and c. 30 other sherds mostly of 1st c. coarse ware. Also three human vertebrae were found. No interpretation of the site was made. Acc Nos 12-16:53 (B7).
Area built over and no further finds reported. Surveyed at 1:2500 (B8).
[NRHE 344463] Two Roman Pots, fragments of other pots and sections of human vertebrae, from the RAF station at Halton, were presented to the Bucks County Museum in 1953, by the Secretary of State for Air. Acc Nos 12-16 1953 (B2).
Found at Aston Hill, Halton; shown on small-scale map at approximately (SP 885100) (B3).

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 (9)

  • <1>SBC10065 Bibliographic reference: OLD MUSEUM RECORD AP (ENTRY SIGNED BY T A HUME).
  • <2>SBC13383 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1953 16 P60.
  • <3>SBC16453 Article in serial: Helen Waugh. 1962. 'THE ROMANO-BRITISH BURIAL AT WESTON TURVILLE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP107-114. Vol 17. p108.
  • <4>SBC14093 Bibliographic reference: SEE FILE.
  • <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <6>SBC1288 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1953 & 1973.
  • <7>SBC29044 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamhire County Museum Card Index No 0962.
  • <8>SBC29045 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 16-OCT-74.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998/1999.

Location

Grid reference SP 88270 09960 (point)
Civil Parish HALTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12011)

Record last edited

Feb 18 2026 10:28AM

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