Monument record 0141601003 - MOUNT WOOD

Summary

Roman infant burial found in excavation in Mount Wood

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

INFANT BURIAL FOUND IN 1972 EXCAV. LOCATED W OF BUILDING: 001 (B9).
MOST BONES PRESENT EXCEPT FOR PELVIS, SCAPULAE, PARTS OF LONG BONES & FACIAL REGION OF SKULL. SIZE OF BONES & THINNESS OF SKULL SUGGESTS A FOETUS OR NEW BORN CHILD. NO SEX CAN BE ASSIGNED TO REMAINS (B19).

Sources (2)

  • <9>SBC4435 Unpublished document: 1972. DUNNET R. INTERIM REPORT, MOUNT WOOD 1972.
  • <19>SBC4434 Article in serial: Rosalind Dunnet. 1985. 'EXCAVATIONS NEAR MOUNT WOOD, CHENIES', IN RECS OF BUCKS 27 PP107-118. Vol 27.

Location

Grid reference TQ 02590 98910 (point)
Civil Parish CHENIES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13669)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC1432)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2026 4:29PM

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