Monument record 0122100000 - WYCOMBE CEMETERY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- PIT (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Depth/Thickness 0213 cm Radius 0122
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
AREA FORMS PART OF MALMER'S WELL. PIT DISCOVERED DURING EXCAVATION. NEARLY CIRCULAR CHAMBER-SLIGHTLY TAPERING AT THE BOTTOM. WELL DEFINED. DIFFERENT LAYERS-CHARRED WOOD AT THE BOTTOM. THEN BONES, POTTERY& CHALK RUBBISH (BI1). PROBABLY AN IRON AGE CORN-STORAGE PIT (BI5). SEE ALSO CASS 00373.
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC11509 Bibliographic reference: PARKER J 1873 EARLY HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF WYCOM BE P5.
- <2>SBC10152 Map: OS 1875/83 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
- <3>SBC6245 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN S BUCKS PP66,156.
- <4>SBC10429 Map: OS 1962 MAP OF S BRITAIN IN THE IRON AGE P54 & MAP.
- <5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
- <6>SBC16529 Bibliographic reference: WHIMSTER R 1981 BURIAL PRACTICES IN IRON AGE BRITA IN,APPENDIX F,LA TENE III CREMATION BURIALS IN BA.
Location
Grid reference | SU 86760 93500 (point) |
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Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC11797)
Record last edited
Jan 11 1989 12:00AM