Monument record 0152101000 - PITSTONE QUARRY

Summary

Saxon burial found in quarrying

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  • None recorded

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  • BURIAL (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Description

SKELETON BURIED C 2FT BELOW SURFACE. LAY NW/SE, HEAD TO NW. CONICAL IRON SHIELD BOSS OVER 1 KNEE; HAD SHOULDER RIM, SPIKE, & STUD. NO FIBULA FOUND. WITH 7 FRAGMENTS OF CUTLERY (B2).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC5960 Bibliographic reference: GURNEY FG 1914 NOTEBOOK (AT BEDS RO, REF X325/54; PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <2>SBC16002 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 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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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2023 10:45PM

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