Find Spot record 5026/1 - Possible undated cemetery, Hunsbury Hill

Five human skulls were found close together in ironstone workings to the north-west of Hunsbury Hillfort

{1} 5 human skulls were found close together in ironstone workings to the north-west of Hunsbury Hillfort; the remainder of the skeletons were not found.

{2} O.S. Suggest ngr of SP736586 but give no reason for this.

{4} Trephined skulls; photos.

{6} Several unattached skulls were also found, one of which has three holes arranged so as to form a triangle. These were posthumously bored with a metal instrument.

{7} No further information.

<1> Dryden H.E.L., 1885, Hunsbury or Danes Camp, and the Discoveries There, p.61 (checked) (Article). SNN22391.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP75NW18 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.283/Site 14 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<4> St Mary's Church, Woodnewton, (checked) (Photographs). SNN51743.

<5> DRYDEN, HUNSBURY COLLECTION, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN55460.

<6> Fell, C.I., 1936, The Hunsbury Hill-Fort, Northants. A new survey of the material, p.58 (checked) (Journal). SNN105242.

<7> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 3-MAR-1969 (Note). SNN111452.

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