Find Spot record 0155203002 - WINDMILL HILL, HITCHAM

Summary

Bronze Age cinerary urn excavated in Windmill Field, Hitcham, in the nineteenth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0230 mm
VERY COARSE REDDISH FRAGMENTARY URN WITH FLAT BASE & FLAT RIM BELOW WHICH ARE 6 SMALL BOSSES OR EARS. HAND MADE, CONTAINING BONES. BRONZE AGE. FOUND ?WITH FLINT FLAKE, SEE 03:003 (B2-4,8,10).

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  • <1>SBC11527 Article in serial: PARKER J 1884 'PREHISTORIC MAN', IN RECS OF BUCKS 5 P318.
  • <2>SBC15282 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP179,182,204; 3 P179.
  • <3>SBC13844 Article in serial: J Rutland. 1891. 'HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF MAIDENHEAD', IN TAPLOW & MAIDENHEAD FIELD CLUB 8TH ANNUAL REPORT P46.
  • <4>SBC133 Bibliographic reference: ABERCROMBY J 1912 BRONZE AGE POTTERY VOL 2 PP51 & PL XCV (NO 474).
  • <5>SBC6209 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1946 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AD 450-700, IN RECSOFBUCKS14P312"".
  • <6>SBC6292 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP51,61,158 & FIG 10.
  • <7>SBC8313 Bibliographic reference: MEANY A 1964 GAZETTEER OF EARLY ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL SITES P57.
  • <8>SBC11406 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 11, SU 98 SW 51.(FILED).
  • <9>SBC11913 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) DEC 1977 (& SEE LETTER FROM O P SERECOLD TO J F HEAD, 1940, FILED).
  • <10>SBC11925 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) FROM BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER & INFORMATION FROM BRITISH MUSEUM.
  • <11>SBC4929 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E 1989 WINDMILL FIELD, HITCHAM: THE EARLY SAXON GRAVE & A POSS-IBLE SETTLEMENT IN RECSOFBUC.
  • <12>SBC14072 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOUR G E NOV 1987.

Location

Grid reference SU 92170 81190 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • CINERARY URN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11807)

Record last edited

Nov 30 1989 12:00AM

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