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| HER Number | MWB16288 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | East Shefford area |
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Summary
Human remains, brooch and beads, probably part of Saxon cemetery, found in 1893
Monument Type(s):
- INHUMATION (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full Description
A tenant of East Shefford (or some children?) found what was probably another grave of the Saxon cemetery in 1893. A skull, a few beads and possibly also a saucer brooch were removed to Reading museum. The bones were analysed as those of a woman of about 45, and the body lay east-west at a depth of only 2 feet <2><5><6>.
The exact location of this find is not known, but its GIS point has been entered as close to the Saxon cemetery as marked on early OS maps.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | 1894. JBAA 1894 50. L. p155 in The Discovery of a Saxon Burial-Place near Reading by Joseph Stevens. [Article in serial / SWB14299]
https://archive.org/details/journalofbritish50brit (Accessed 12/04/2016) |
| <02> | Newbury District Field Club. 1886-95. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1886-95 VOL 4. p199. [Article in serial / SWB10455] |
| <03> | Stevens, Dr J. 1896. Descriptive Catalogue of Reading Museum - Part 1 Ethnological Collection. [Unpublished document / SWB4788] |
| <04> | Ditchfield and Page (eds). 1906. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks I 1906. Vol 1. p239-40. [Monograph / SWB10017]
https://archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo01ditcuoft (Accessed on 22/12/2021) |
| <05> | Jan-Jun 1915. J R ANTHRO INST 1915 45. XLV. p92-130 Peake, H. and Hooton, E. A. 1915 'Saxon Graveyard at East Shefford, Berkshire'. [Article in serial / SWB10720] |
| <06> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. P129-130. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <07> | Oxford Archaeology. Jan-03. East Shefford Farm, East Shefford, Berkshire - Desktop Assessment. OA Job No: 1510. 2006 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13732] |
Related Monuments
| MWB4309 | East Shefford Saxon Cemetery (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB549 | East Shefford Farm, East Shefford, Berkshire - Desktop Assessment (Ref: OA Job No 1510) |
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