Monument record 0127400000 - PITSTONE QUARRY NO 2

Summary

Saxon inhumation cemetery found in quarrying

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (6th Century to 8th Century - 500 AD to 799 AD)

Description

SKELETONS & SPEARHEAD, THEN 6 MORE SKELETONS IN A SINGLE ROW, FOUND, THEN A WHOLE CEMETERY 90X20FT. 8 GRAVES UNCOVERED. SKELETONS WERE ADULTS, IN SHALLOW GRAVES. LATE PAGAN SAXON (B1).
SITE DESTROYED BY QUARRYING (B2).
NGR CONFIRMED (B3).
DISCUSSION OF CEMETERY & PLAN. SAME SITE AS CASS 1521?(B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC8142 Article in serial: MANSHEAD MAGAZINE 1961(NOV) 7 PP4-6 (SEE ALSO BUCK S ADVERTISER 7TH JULY 1961 P28).
  • <2>SBC10874 Unpublished document: OS RECORD CARD SP 91 SW 12 (ON CAS FILE).
  • <3>SBC8248 Verbal communication: MATTHEWS L MAY 1977 (PERS COMM) (MANSHEAD ARCH SOC SITE PHOTOGRAPHS FILED).
  • <4>SBC4423 Unpublished document: David Dungworth. 1991. PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARISH SURVEY PP24-27,76-80, PL 5:1-4.

Location

Grid reference SP 94800 14800 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)
  • Event - Intervention: Excavation (EBC10991)

Record last edited

Nov 29 2016 7:52PM

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