Monument record 0152100000 - PITSTONE RAG/CHALK PIT
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
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).
947148. Pitstone. ? Inhumation burial. Bu 30 SW. 1936 Parrot noticed a leg bone protruding from the chalk face in Pitstone Pit 500' O.D. He uncovered the skeleton of a girl of c.
18 years, lying supine head E on the upper surface of the chalk under the topsoil. Parsons thought it an AS skeleton. It was said to be the second found on the site (B4).
Found in June 1936 by T.G. Parrot about 1/2 mile NE of Pitstone Church (B8)
(Re-sited to SP 937144 as Pitstone Pit is 1/2 mile SW, not NE, of the Church) (B9).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (10)
- <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).
- <8>SBC29386 Serial: Manshead Archaeological Society. 1961. Manshead Magazine 1961.
- <9>SBC29387 Unpublished document: P A Stevens. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 PAS 09-NOV-72.
- <10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1999.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 93700 14400 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12137)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14242)
Record last edited
Mar 25 2026 10:45AM
