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| HER Number | MWB16297 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Northeast of Shaw House grounds |
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Summary
Five human skeletons and a horse bone found in the grounds of Shaw House in 1882
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Shaw House and St Mary's Church, Shaw
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1001446: Shaw House
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Money makes reference to two separate finds of human skeletons near Shaw House, both of which he assigns to the Second Battle of Newbury. The first undated discovery was of skeletons and a cannon ball, but the second was in 1882 when new greenhouses were being erected on the north-east side of the terrace and yew tree hedge <1>.
Although Money felt 'there can be little doubt that these were the remains of soldiers who fell during the (Second Battle of Newbury) attack on the garden', it is also perhaps significant that there have been Roman discoveries in the area.
The GIS point for this findspot has been located on the site of greenhouses mapped on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey <4>
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Money, W. 1884. The First and Second Battles of Newbury (2nd ed). p172. [Monograph / SWB12745]
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14008014M/The_first_and_second_battles_of_Newbury_and_the_siege_of_Donnington_Castle_during_the_Civil_War_1643 (Accessed 23/09/2013) |
| <02> | Morris, W A D. 1969. A History of the Parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington. p129. [Monograph / SWB12974] |
| <03> | Archaeology Branch of Ordnance Survey & Newbury Museum staff. 1938 onwards. Newbury Museum Archaeology Map XXXV SW.. 35SW. 6 inch. Annotated 'Skeletons found NE Corner Shaw House. Presumed to be from Civil War.'. [Map / SWB11280] |
| <04> | Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14455] |
Related Monuments
| MWB15775 | Newbury II Battlefield, 1644 (Landscape) |
| MWB16596 | Bank by Shaw House garden wall (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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