Find Spot record 0158300000 - CHALFONT COTTAGE HOSPITAL

Summary

Saxon glass bead found by workmen close to Chalfont Cottage Hospital

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 13mm, Radius 7mm.
Plan Form - ANNULAR
FOUND BY WORKMEN. EXACT SPOT VAGUE. DECORATED WITH LIGHT BLUE GLAZED CRISS-CROSS LINES. T D KENDRICK (BM) CONFIRMED IDENTIFICATION. BEADS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BURIAL OR CEMETERY. NO OTHER RELICS OR EVIDENCE (B2).
J F HEAD WONDERED IF BEAD WAS FROM THE HIGH WYCOMBE BURIAL [CAS 00488] TAKEN TO CHALFONT ST PETER BY A WORKMAN (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC1500 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD. 1583.
  • <2>SBC13821 Article in serial: E Clive Rouse. 1931. 'ANGLO-SAXON BEAD FOUND AT CHALFONT ST PETER. 1931'. IN RECS OF BUCKS 12 PP267-268. Vol 12 No 1.
  • <3>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <4>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p149.
  • <5>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p56.
  • <6>SBC6317 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J.F (ANNOTATED LETTER IN ENVELOPE FILE 1583).

Location

Grid reference SU 997 908 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • BEAD (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12048)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 10:14AM

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