Monument record 0189100000 - HIGHFIELDS, MARLOW

Summary

Two skeletons of possible late prehistoric date found in 1881 during construction of lawn tennis court at Highfields

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

2 SKELETONS FOUND BY WORKMEN MAKING A LAWN TENNIS GROUND IN FRONT OF HIGHFIELDS. BODIES FOUND IN CHALK-CUT GRAVES, C75CM BELOW SURFACE & C3.7M APART. 1 SHORT MIDDLE-AGED MAN, LONG SKULL, EXTENDED. 1 TALL ELDERLY WOMAN, LONG SKULL, CONTRACTED. NO GRAVE GOODS. DATE? (B1-2).
TENNIS COURT AT NGR (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC2026 Article in serial: BUCKS FREE PRESS 4 MARCH 1881 (PHOTOCOPY OF ARTICLE, FILED).
  • <2>SBC3132 Unpublished document: COLMER F MS NOTEBOOKS (BCM ACC NO 182.1988(9)) & SEE PHOTOCOPIES FILED).
  • <3>SBC9506 Verbal communication: Joan Taylor (CMAG). 1979. MRS J TAYLOR FEB 1979 FIELD VISIT.

Location

Grid reference SU 839 862 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed Find (EBC12060)

Record last edited

Dec 13 2012 12:01PM

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