Monument record 0154201000 - TAPLOW BARROW

Summary

Saxon chambered tomb under Taplow barrow, excavated in the nineteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1014781: SAXON BARROW, CHURCH AND CEMETERIES IN THE OLD CHURCHYARD AT TAPLOW COURT

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Type and Period (1)

  • CHAMBERED TOMB (7th Century - 600 AD to 699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 370cm, Width 240cm.
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR.
BURIAL CHAMBER DUG INTO GROUND LEVEL BELOW MOUND. EARTHFAST & OAK-LINED. ON TOP OF CHAMBER HAD BEEN LAID A FRANKISH ANGON. INSIDE WERE LAVISH GRAVE GOODS & SLIGHT SKELETAL REMAINS: VERTEBRAE, JAW FRAG WITH TOOTH. BODY HAD BEEN DRESSED IN RED WOOL TUNIC TRIMMED WITH GOLD BRAID (B11-12,B17).

Sources (3)

  • <11>SBC1891 Bibliographic reference: British Museum. 1923. GUIDE TO ANGLO SAXON & FOREIGN TEUTONIC ANTIQUITIES PP63-65.
  • <12>SBC15069 Bibliographic reference: THE TAPLOW BARROW (UNCREDITED PAMPHLET PRODUCED BY ?BM IN 1987/8, PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <17>SBC3302 Bibliographic reference: CROWFOOT E & HAWKES S C 1967 EARLY ANGLO-SAXON GOLD BRAIDS, IN MEDIEVALARCHAEOLOGY11PP44FF"".

Location

Grid reference SU 90620 82160 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11381)

Record last edited

May 22 2022 7:07PM

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