Monument record 0126001000 - MENTMORE VILLAGE GREEN ETC

Summary

Signs of Roman cremation sites found in the nineteenth century

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

Description

SEVERAL SAXON INTERMENTS. SIGNS OF CREMATION INDICATED PREVIOUS USE AS A ROMAN BURYING GROUND (B2).
SIGNS OF CREMATION; NO URNS (B3).
REMAINS DATE FROM ROMAN, ANGLO-SAXON, MERCIAN PERIODS, POSSIBLY A SAXON INTERMENT ON A ROMAN SITE THOUGH ROMAN COINS MAY HAVE ACCOMPANIED SAXON BURIAL (B4,B10).
NGR (B6).

Sources (5)

  • <2>SBC14739 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROC 1854 3PP72-7 3/GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1854 NS41 P401/RECS OF BUC.
  • <3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p716.
  • <4>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p198.
  • <6>SBC11056 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP91 NW2, JUNE 1973,FILED.
  • <10>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p397.

Location

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

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12073)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12147)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14176)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2024 10:09AM

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