Monument record 0251301000 - HEMLEY HILL, SAUNDERTON

Summary

Two possible Saxon inhumations found whilst digging a cess-pit and gardening

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

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

Description

SKELETON FOUND C.1934 BY MR L C WRIGHT WHILE DIGGING A CESS PIT AT REAR OF LENARA, SHOOTACRE LANE. IDENTIFICATION OF SKELETON CONFIRMED BY POLICE AT THAT TIME. FURTHER BURIAL IN GARDEN OF MR CHERRY, 3 HOUSES N OF LENARA REPORTED AT ABOUT SAME TIME. (LENARA PLOTTED). PART OF CEMETERY? (B2-3).

Sources (2)

  • <2>SBC8052 Bibliographic reference: M E FARLEY & A R PIKE 15 OCT 1976 FIELD SURVEY (PL AN IN HANGING FILE)/CAS CARD 2513.
  • <3>SBC33 Unpublished document: Ancient Monuments Laboratory. 1977. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report: Geophysics (MAGNETOMETER SURVEY).

Location

Grid reference SP 79900 02200 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC16579)

Record last edited

May 3 2011 12:39PM

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