Monument record 0152100000 - PITSTONE RAG/CHALK PIT

Summary

Possible Saxon burial found in the early twentieth century

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • BURIAL? (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

SAXON SWORD & SHIELD FOUND C1900 (B1) WITH A SKELETON & OTHER FRAGMENTS (B2).
(ANOTHER) SKELETON FOUND 1936 (B3).
ORIGINAL OS NGR: SP947 148, RESITED TO NGR (B5).
OS MAY HAVE CONFUSED THIS SITE WITH CASS 01274: INDEED THE 2 SITES MAY BE THE SAME. BOTH AREAS DESTROYED BY QUARRYING (B6-7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC5960 Bibliographic reference: GURNEY FG 1914 NOTEBOOK (AT BEDS RO, REF X325/54; PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <2>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p521 (footnote).
  • <3>SBC13372 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1938 13 P365.
  • <4>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p58.
  • <5>SBC10878 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 91 SW 7 NOV 1972 (ON CAS FILE).
  • <6>SBC523 Bibliographic reference: ARP 1977(APRIL); SEE ALSO BAS LETTER BOOKS, 23 JUN E 1936, P149 & 29 AUG 1938 (TRANSCRIPTS FILED).
  • <7>SBC4429 Bibliographic reference: DUNGWORTH D 1991 PITSTONE: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARIS H SURVEY PP76-77 (COPY IN CAS FILE 2746).

Location

Grid reference SP 93700 14400 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12137)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2024 11:14AM

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