Monument record 0147202000 - SASHES ISLAND: Roman cemetery
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- CEMETERY? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Description
A NUMBER OF SKELETONS, ROMAN SWORDS & JAVELIN HEADS WERE FOUND IN SASHES FIELD WHEN MAKING THE NEW CUT. FINDS IN POSSESSION OF LORD BOSTON (B2). AN INTERESTING BUT DUBIOUS REPORT, BUT PROXIMITY OF ROAD FROM SILCHESTER TO VERULAMIUM MEANS SOME KIND OF SETTLEMENT COULD BE EXPECTED HERE (B3).
Sources (2)
- <2>SBC7994 Bibliographic reference: LOWNDES W 1877 DESCRIPTION OF PLACES ON THE THAMES ..., RECSOFBUCKS4P400"".
- <3>SBC1825 Bibliographic reference: BRANIGAN K 1967 RB RURAL SETTLEMENT IN THE W CHILT ERNS, ARCHAEOLOGICALJNL124P152"".
Location
Grid reference | SU 903 859 (point) |
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Civil Parish | HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC11957)
Record last edited
Apr 10 2003 1:04PM