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| HER Number | MWB4360 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | On line of East Garston to Eastbury railway (or nearer East Shefford?) |
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Summary
Reported Saxon burial of skeleton with cup found during railway building
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 02689.00.000
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 37 NE 4
SU 36 76
Monument Type(s):
- INHUMATION (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full Description
A SAXON (?) BURIAL FOUND BETWEEN EAST GARSTON AND EASTBURY, DURING THE MAKING OF THE LAMBOURN VALLEY RAILWAY. SAID TO BE LYING N/S WITH A CUP LYING NEAR ITS HEAD. ADDED TO THE BAU CARD 'LOCATED BY READING MUSEUM RECORD CARDS TO 358770' THIS IS NOT ON THE LINE OF THE RAIL, SO PROB A GENERAL REF.
This find is described in Archaeological Notes of the 1890s after others from the East Shefford Saxon cemetery, as one of 'several separate interments, probably Romano-British, (which) were met with between East Shefford and East Garston' <3>. This apparently puts the discovery on the east side of East Garston, rather than the west, as Peake suggests <3>. The note also describes the skeleton as male.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | 1889-91. PROC SOC ANTIQ 1889-91 13. XIII. P182. [Article in serial / SWB10825] |
| <02> | Newbury District Field Club. 1886-95. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1886-95 VOL 4. P199. [Article in serial / SWB10455] |
| <03> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. p130-1, 194. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <04> | Ordnance Survey. 1960s-70s. Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 GHP 10-JAN-64. [Personal observation / SWB14640] |
| <05> | MEANEY, A. 1964. A GAZETTEER OF EARLY ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL SITES. p46. [Monograph / SWB10723] |
| <06> | Cherryson, A K. 2005. In the Shadow of the Church - Burial practices in the Wessex heartlands c.600-1100 AD. p3-4. [Unpublished document / SWB147403]
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10321/ (Accessed 02/11/2016) |
Related Monuments
| MWB4309 | East Shefford Saxon Cemetery (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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