Monument record 4009/0/1 - Site of Anglo-Saxon burial (unlocated)

A small Saxon urn is said to have been found between Desborough and Rothwell. Now in Market Harborough Museum.

{1} Unlocated find; an early Saxon pot vessel; found between Desborough & Rothwell; possible cremation vessel.

{3} A small Saxon urn, now in Market Harborough Museum, is said to have been found between Desborough and Rothwell. (Probably from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, HER No: 3990/1)

{5} Market Harborough Museum records note this find donated by the late Mr Patenam, Pipewell. There is no date to the entry and no precise siting is given.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP88SW20 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Meaney A.L., 1964, Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, p.189 (unchecked) (Gazetteer). SNN10289.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.34/Site 10 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> MARKET HARBOROUGH MUSEUM ACCESSION BOOK, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN44991.

<5> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 13-JUN-1969 (Notes). SNN112950.

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Jun 5 2024 9:58AM