Monument record 0179700000 - MAYLANDS, DAGNALL

Summary

Possible Saxon cemetery found in the nineteenth century

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  • Planning Notification Area: Possible Saxon cemetery found in 19th century

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION CEMETERY? (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Description

IN A FIELD CALLED MAYLANDS, 7 SKELETONS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, LYING DUE E & W (B1).
'DOUBTFUL' SAXON BURIAL SITE (B2).
MR F S GREEN, DAGNALL, POINTS OUT 'MAYLANDS' OR 'MALLANDS' FIELD (B3).
Negative watching brief carried out in March 2014 by Heritage Network Ltd during cable trenching for a solar array. Only the cut for a probably recent field drain was observed in the cable trench. See report for detail (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p676.
  • <2>SBC20374 Bibliographic reference: A Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p57.
  • <3>SBC5851 Verbal communication: Mr F S Green. 1977. GREEN MR F S, PERS COMM TO PIKE A R (BCM), JULY 1977, DURING FIELD VISIT.
  • <4>SBC24522 Unpublished document: Heritage Network. 2014. Dagnall Farm, Main Road North, Dagnall: Monitoring Report.

Location

Grid reference SP 99000 16200 (point)
Civil Parish EDLESBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11961)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13451)
  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: HN1118) (EBC17676)

Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 1:39PM

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