Monument record 0017000000 - DEADMAN-DANES BOTTOM

Summary

Possible Saxon burial found in the nineteenth century by a labourer at Deadman-Danes Bottom

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

IN LIPSCOMB'S ACCOUNT, MR COX, A LABOURER, FOUND A FLINT CIST WHILE DIGGING AT DEADMAN-DANES BOTTOM (B1).
NGR APPROX TO LOCATION (B3).
THE CIST HAD A LEVEL FLOOR COVERED WITH A DARK COLOURED SUBSTANCE ON WHICH LAY A HUMAN JAW BONE WITH TEETH, A SHOULDER-BLADE & HIP-BONE, WITH A BATTLE-AXE (01:001).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p583.
  • <2>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p8 (BUT SOURCE CONFUSES THIS FIND WITH CASS 01193).
  • <3>SBC11653 Map: PENN TITHE MAP PRO (KEW) 1R 30/3/86.

Location

Grid reference SU 89900 95800 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12965)

Record last edited

Nov 9 2024 9:38AM

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