Monument record 0125600001 - GALLOWS HILL, IVINGHOE

Summary

Human remains of uncertain date were found in the barrow in the nineteenth century and by ploughing in the twentieth century

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Type and Period (2)

  • HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
  • INHUMATION (Undated)

Description

SEVERAL HUMAN SKELETONS FOUND BY WORKMEN DIGGING FOR SAND (B2).
PLOUGHING HAS SHOWN THE MOUND IS FULL OF HUMAN BONES. 1 SKULL HAS DEFINITE MARKS OF BEHEADING BY SWORD. OTHER SKULLS, BONES, VERTEBRAE FOUND (B4).
More human bone fragments were discovered in ploughsoil close to the barrow in 1993. The estate was to be urged to leave a larger unploughed strip around the barrow (B9).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC17228 Aerial Photograph: 01/08/77. BCM 00/000. SP\968170. Yes.
  • ---SBC17542 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. BCM A5/6. SP\967168. Yes.
  • <2>SBC6921 Bibliographic reference: KELKE WH 1857 DESECRATED CHURCHES IN BUCKS, IN RECSOFBUCKS"1P190".
  • <4>SBC5959 Unpublished document: F G Gurney. 1912. NOTES ON EATON BRAY VOLS III & IIII.
  • <9>SBC19858 Unpublished document: Angus Wainright. 1993. Correspondence with regard to human bone fragments found on Gallows Hill.

Location

Grid reference SP 96920 17080 (point)
Civil Parish IVINGHOE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1399)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2017 3:58PM

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