Monument record 0298500000 - C700M SE OF DORTON HOUSE

Summary

Late Iron Age cremation burial found in watching brief, disturbed by mechanical digger

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Planning Notification Area: Late Iron Age cremation burial found in watching brief

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Type and Period (1)

CREMATION (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Description

FEATURE NOTED S FACE OF SOUTHERN FEEDER GAS PIPE TRENCH DURING ROUTINE CHECK 1.5.77 (B1).
SHOWN TO BE A 'WELWYN TYPE' BURIAL (B3).
VISIBLE AS DARK, ROUGHLY BOWL-SHAPED FEATURE INSIDE OF TRENCH. BULK OF GRAVE FINDS HAD BEEN REMOVED BY DIGGER & DEPOSITED ON SPOIL HEAP. MOST WESTERLY OF WELWYN BURIALS (B4-5).

Sources (6)

<1>SBC5166 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E,MAY 1977.
<2>SBC5115 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E, OCT 1977.
<3>SBC5114 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E, NOV 1979.
<4>SBC4923 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1983. 'A Mirror Burial at Dorton', in PPS 49 PP269-302. Vol 49.
<5>SBC4924 Article in monograph: Michael Farley. 1984. 'LA TENE III BURIAL AT DORTON', IN CATHERALL P D ET AL (ED) THE SOUTHERN FEEDER PP36-37.
<6>SBC3089 Article in serial: Mark Collard & Jonathan Parkhouse. 1995. 'A BELGIC/ROMANO-BRITISH CEMETERY AT BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 35 p74. Vol 35.

Location

Grid reference	SP 68450 13310 (point)
Civil Parish	DORTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Intervention: (EBC10761)
Event - Intervention: (EBC14432)

Record last edited

Nov 26 2023 10:32PM