Monument record 0099100000 - CHALK PIT, WHITE CLIFF HILL

Summary

Possible Late Saxon or medieval cemetery found in chalk pit in the nineteenth century

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  • Planning Notification Area: Site of Saxon or medieval cemetery

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (10th Century to Medieval - 900 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

C.1850 HUMAN BONES FOUND (B1).
MANY SHALLOW BURIALS. SEPARATE GRAVES ALIGNED E-W (B2).
'RAGPIT (CHALK) HUMAN REMAINS FOUND' MARKED AT NGR (B3).
SITE IDENTIFIED AS THAT MENTIONED IN SAXON CHARTER OF E RISBOROUGH AD903 (B4).
C.30 SAXON INHUMATIONS (B5).
POSS ASSOC WITH MED MONASTERY (B6).
SEE ALSO CASS 02373.

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC2200 Article in serial: B Burgess. 1855. 'EARTHWORKS AT HAMPDEN & LITTLE KIMBLE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 1 P142. Vol 1. p 142.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p187.
  • <3>SBC10187 Map: OS 1877/85 1:10560 MAP.
  • <4>SBC11606 Bibliographic reference: PARSONS F G 1936 OLD RECORDS OF MONKS RISBOROUGH PT1 P16.
  • <5>SBC13376 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1946 14 P314/HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN S BUCKS P162.
  • <6>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p58.

Location

Grid reference SP 82120 04690 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 7:48PM

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