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| HHER Number: | 473 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | ROMANO-BRITISH CREMATION CEMETERY, NE OF GREAT WYMONDLEY |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
Protected Status
- SHINE: Wymondley Medieval Castle & Romano-British settlement
- Area of Archaeological Significance 79
Full description
A Roman cremation cemetery was found in 1882 in the NE corner of an occupation site first discovered in the 19th century; see [471]. Forty-three urns were found within an area measuring 5 yards by 7 yards. The urns each contained burnt bones, charcoal and iron nails and were accompanied by a Samian saucer and 'wine bottle'. The urns are probably 2nd century <1>.
Westell <3> puts the site of the cemetery in 'Garden Field', centred on TL 2180 2857.
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Stevenage Museum Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SHT10431.
Chalkley Gould, I, 1905, Wymondley Castle; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3/1, 10-11, Plan (Article in serial). SHT5811.
Page, W (ed.), 1914, VCH Hertfordshire vol.4, - p170 (Bibliographic reference). SHT5275.
<1> Ransom, William, 1886, An account of British and Roman remains found in the neighbourhood of Hitchin; Trans Herts Nat Hist Soc 4 (1885-7), 39-48, - p40 (Article in serial). SHT11918.
<2> National Monuments Record, NMR Monument Report (Hertfordshire), RNO 2347 p42 (Unpublished document). SHT9440.
<3> Westell, W Percival, 1937, Excavation of an uncharted Romano-British occupation-site at Great Wymondley, Herts; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 10/1, 11-15, - p12 (Article in serial). SHT1727.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished document: Stevenage Museum Gazetteer. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1914. VCH Hertfordshire vol.4. - p170. |
| --- | Article in serial: Chalkley Gould, I. 1905. Wymondley Castle; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3/1, 10-11. Plan. |
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| <1> | Article in serial: Ransom, William. 1886. An account of British and Roman remains found in the neighbourhood of Hitchin; Trans Herts Nat Hist Soc 4 (1885-7), 39-48. - p40. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: National Monuments Record. NMR Monument Report (Hertfordshire). RNO 2347 p42. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Westell, W Percival. 1937. Excavation of an uncharted Romano-British occupation-site at Great Wymondley, Herts; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 10/1, 11-15. - p12. |
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