Monument record 0145002000 - SHARDELOES LAKE

Summary

Possible Roman mausoleum found digging Shardeloes Lake in the eighteenth century

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

FOUND BY WORKMEN 1751 A CURIOUS BURIAL PLACE IN THE FORM OF A MINCED PYE, BUILT WITH FLINTS, SEVERAL BODYS FOUND THEREIN SOME WITH EARPLUGS, ALL DROPT TO DUST SOON AFTER THEY WERE EXPOSED TO THE AIR (B1).
MAY BE ROMAN MAUSOLEUM ATTACHED TO VILLA (SEE ALSO CAS 0292 & 1450)(B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC14972 Unpublished document: 1753. SURTEES SOCIETY LETTER FROM J COLLINS TO REV DR STUKELEY 30 SEPT 1753 IN SURTEES SOCIETY 76 P9, CITING BODLEIAN LIB (WESTERN MSS) MS.ENG.MISC.C.113.
  • <2>SBC14957 Unpublished document: 1992. STRUTH P (OXFORD IN-SERVICE STUDENT) MAY 1992 FIELD VISIT (SEE REPORT, FILED).
  • <3>SBC17116 Article in serial: P A Yeoman and I J Stewart. 1992. 'A ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA ESTATE AT MANTLES GREEN, AMERSHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 34. Vol 34.

Location

Grid reference SU 94300 98000 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Jul 7 2026 12:01PM

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