Find Spot record 0126000002 - MENTMORE VILLAGE GREEN ETC

Summary

Saxon metalwork found in the nineteenth century

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

SUBSEQUENT TO DISCOVERY OF SEVERAL INTERMENTS ANOTHER INTERMENT FOUND, ON HILL SLOPE TOWARDS BERRYSTEAD. BY SIDE OF SKELETON WAS FOUND A SHORT SPEARHEAD & A KNIFE & SOME BRONZE FRAGMENTS, PROBABLY PART OF BELT FASTENINGS (B1-2).
NGR (B6).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC11445 Bibliographic reference: OUVRY F 1853 SAXON & OTHER REMAINS DISCOVERED AT & NEAR MENTMORE IN ARCHAEOLOGIA35PP379-382"(PHOTOCO.
  • <2>SBC14739 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROC 1854 3PP72-7 3/GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1854 NS41 P401/RECS OF BUC.
  • <6>SBC11056 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP91 NW2, JUNE 1973,FILED.

Location

Grid reference SP 90600 19680 (point)
Civil Parish MENTMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • KNIFE (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12073)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14176)

Record last edited

May 30 2022 9:55PM

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