Find Spot record 0152101001 - PITSTONE RAG-PIT

Summary

Saxon metalwork found in the early twentieth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

SAXON SWORD & SHIELD BOSS FOUND (B1).
FOUND WITH SKELETON. SHIELD BOSS WAS OVER 1 KNEE. TOTAL HT 194MM & SPIKE 24MM LONG; DIAM 117MM. SWORD, BROKEN, WAS 5CM WIDE & 80CM LONG. DISCOVERED BY REV G KENT C1900 (B2,B7).

Sources (3)

  • <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).
  • <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

Finds (2)

  • SHIELD (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SWORD (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11982)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14171)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14242)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2024 11:17AM

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