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| Name: | Possible Saxon Burial on Devil's Dyke |
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| HER Ref: | MWS5446 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 27080: DEVIL'S DYKE HILLFORT
Summary
Inhumation found on the Devil's Dyke by workmen in 1931.
Monument Types
- BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Sources
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Curwen E & EC. 1932-3. Human Remains at the Dyke. Sussex N & Q. 4:7-8. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Welch MG. 1983. Early Anglo-Saxon Sussex. 444-6. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: National Trust. 1996. The Dyke Estate, West Sussex - An Archaeological And Land Use History Report. |
| <4> | Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1996. Schedule of Monuments. |
Associated Events - none recorded
Associated Monuments
- MWS5074 - Related to: Devil's Dyke Iron Age Hillfort, Poynings (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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