Find Spot record 0151902000 - MARSWORTH

Summary

Roman urns found in the nineteenth century digging of the Grand Junction Canal

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

URNS, 'EVIDENTLY ROMAN' DUG UP IN MARSWORTH. ALSO 'VAST QUANTITY' OF URNS FOUND IN MAKING THE BED OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL. FOUND PRE 1819(BI1). (NB; GRAND JUNCTION CANAL BECAME THE GRAND UNION CANAL, C1920)

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC6166 Bibliographic reference: HASSELL J 1819 TOUR OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL IN 1819 (REPRINT, WITH NOTES &INTRODUCTION B J CRANF.
  • <2>SBC10873 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 91 SW 11 (ON CAS FILE).
  • <3>SBC6705 Bibliographic reference: JACKSON S ?C1800 MS NOTES (TEMPORARILY HELD BY MRS J DAVIS).

Location

Grid reference SP 93000 13000 (point)
Civil Parish MARSWORTH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • URN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2017 3:59PM

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