Monument record 3469/1 - Possible Bronze Age Cemetery, north-west of Brigstock

According to the Kettering Leader, 24 March 1928, a single crouched inhumation was discovered, but local information states that there were five or six skeletons as well as pottery and bone needles

{2} In 1928 a series? Of Bronze Age burials were found in a sand pit; however the records are inconsistent (1); Single crouched inhumation (2); 5 or 6 skeletons as well as pottery and bone needles (local info);

{4} Local info: several skeletons were found buried in a circle, with all heads facing east. Finds included a bone comb, a bone needle, rings used for fishing, a pot and a toggle.

[5} The finds are still retained by the farmer. The urn is definitely Bronze Age, but the other finds appear to be Saxon in date.

<1> 1928, Kettering Leader, (unchecked) (Newspaper cuttings). SNN46807.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.186 Site 14 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> 1928, Kettering Leader and Guardian, 2nd March (unchecked) (Newspaper cuttings). SNN106888.

<4> Simon B., 2004, Sand Quarry, Brigstock, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN106889.

<5> Northamptonshire HER, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Ben Donnelly-Symes 27/11/2023 (Oral Report). SNN115011.

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Feb 10 2025 7:08PM