Monument record 0173700000 - MILL ROAD, STOKENCHURCH

Summary

Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age cremation cemetery found in the nineteenth century

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION CEMETERY (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)

Description

14-15 URNS FOUND BY LABOURERS DIGGING HOUSE FOUNDATIONS. SOME ABOUT 15CM BELOW GROUND & SOME LOWER. 2 LARGER SET IN MIDDLE WITH REST PLACED IRREGULARLY AROUND THEM. CONTAINED BLACK MOULD OR ASHES AND SMALL BONES (DESC. OF URNS & SITE)(B1).
SOUNDS LIKE LATE BA URNFIELD (B2-3).
FURTHER FINDS DETAILS (B4).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC3453 Bibliographic reference: DELAFIELD REV T HISTORY OF STOKENCHURCH P235 (GOUG H MS. BODLEIAN 47) TRANSCRIBED IN BERKS,BUCKS&OXO.
  • <2>SBC8137 Bibliographic reference: MANNING P 1898 NOTES ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF OXFORD & ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, BERKS,BUCKS&OXONARCTAEOL.JNL4.
  • <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp61,166.
  • <4>SBC6672 Bibliographic reference: J F HEAD MS. NOTES (INCLUDING PHOTOCOPY OF DELAFIE LD'S ORIGINAL MS. NOTES) GIVEN BY HIS WIDOW TO B..
  • <5>SBC2463 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 1737.

Location

Grid reference SU 75400 96200 (point)
Civil Parish STOKENCHURCH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12101)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2024 11:22AM

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