Monument record 0227100000 - GATE HOUSE, WING

Summary

Possible Roman cremation cemetery suggested by finds of cremation urns

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Multi-period remains including site of medieval manor, associated designed garden & ponds, ridge and furrow, Civil War earthworks and WWI practice trenches (DBC7467)

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Type and Period (1)

  • CREMATION CEMETERY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

2 RB CINERARY URNS FOUND WHILE DIGGING GARDEN AT GATE HOUSE. NO FURTHER FINDS MADE (B1). 1 URN CONTAINED BURNT BONES. WERE FOUND 6INS APART (B2). HOUSE WAS THEN (DEC 1932) CALLED 'HOLLYBANK'. URNS FOUND AT C2.5FT DEEP. BONES REBURIED IN A TIN (B3). FINDSPOT INDICATED BY FINDER, AT NGR (B1).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC10654 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD 1973(JUNE) SP82 SE19(NOT RETAINED); HAD REF TO MR BAGSHAW, DUNSTABLE, WHO IDENTIFIED .
  • <2>SBC4355 Bibliographic reference: DR ISOBEL THOMPSON, LONDON UNIV THESIS. COPY OF DR AWINGS ON CAS FILE.
  • <3>SBC9318 Verbal communication: MR J BRAND & MEF 1985 (24 SEPT) PERS COMM.

Location

Grid reference SP 88340 22390 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC1223)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14032)

Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 1:10PM

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