Monument record 0163001000 - STOKE PARK

Summary

Bronze Age cinerary urn found while creating golf course at Stoke Park in the early twentieth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1009477: BOWL BARROW IN STOKE PARK PLAYING FIELD, 400M SOUTH OF STOKE PARK HOUSE

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0150 mm
BURIAL FOUND IN GRAVEL WHILE MAKING THE GOLF LINKS, AT BUNKER AT 13TH HOLE. ABOUT 30CM BELOW SURFACE WORKMEN FOUND INVERTED URN OF FLOWER-POT SHAPE, 30CM WIDE AT MOUTH & GREATER IN HEIGHT. CONTENTS: MOULD & BONE FRAGS (INCL. CRANIUM). POT IDENTIFIED BY BM AS LATE BA CINERARY URN (B1-2,4-5).

Sources (12)

  • ---SBC17562 Aerial Photograph: 01/03/64. BKS (1290) 924026. SU\970822.
  • ---SBC17563 Aerial Photograph: 01/03/64. BKS (1290) 924045. SU\970822.
  • ---SBC17564 Aerial Photograph: 01/03/64. BKS (1290) 924046. SU\970822.
  • <1>SBC1776 Bibliographic reference: BOOKER R P L 1911 URN BURIAL AT STOKE POGES, IN RECSOFBUCKS10P105".
  • <2>SBC948 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1911.
  • <3>SBC12699 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P290.
  • <4>SBC6302 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP61, 166.
  • <5>SBC11172 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SE 04 (FILED).
  • <6>SBC14001 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <7>SBC2795 Verbal communication: CHADWICK P R (BERKS C C) (AP'S HELD AT PLANNING DEPT, SLOUGH CORPORATION).
  • <8>SBC2461 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 1630.
  • <9>SBC2345 Bibliographic reference: CARSTAIRS MR PHILIP (OXFORD UNIV. IN-SERVICE STUDE NT) DEC 1984.

Location

Grid reference SU 97030 82220 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • CINERARY URN (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12896)

Record last edited

Feb 28 2023 1:16PM

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