Find Spot record 0194401000 - WALTON, AYLESBURY

Summary

Six inhumation burials dating to the early Saxon period found when new land taken into cemetery

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (6th Century to 8th Century - 500 AD? to 799 AD?)

Description

BONES FOUND WHILE LAYING OUT A NEWLY CONSECRATED AREA OF AYLESBURY CEMETERY. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN OF 3 SKELETONS (B1).
A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THAT BONES CAME FROM AT LEAST 6 ADULTS (B4).
NGR FROM OLD MUSEUM MAP (B3).
SCRAMASAX FOUND NEARBY (CASS 01944:02).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <3>SBC8467 Map: MEF FROM OLD BCM 6IN (COUNTY SERIES) RECORD MAP 1923.
  • <4>SBC5184 Article in serial: Mike Farley (BCM). 1976. 'SAXON & MEDIEVAL WALTON, AYLESBURY, EXCAVATIONS 1973-4', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 PP153-291. Vol 20. pp154-155, 225-228.

Location

Grid reference SP 82970 13410 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HUMAN REMAINS (Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC1215)

Record last edited

Jan 29 2010 10:56AM

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