Monument record 631/5/2 - Unlocated Saxon burial, Borough Hill

A 5th century Saxon barrow on Borough Hill containing a brooch, buckle, beads and pendants comprising Roman coins.

{1} An unlocated Saxon burial, said to be from one of the numerous burials on Borough hill which Baker excavated, although Baker himself does not mention any such finds. An inhumation burial, probably secondary in the barrow, was accompanied by a square-headed small-long brooch, a bronze buckle with a stylised dolphin's head on one plate, a bronze pin, a bronze boss, beads of glass, paste and amber, and two bronze Roman coins, both pierced for use as pendants and one certainly of the 4th century. It has been suggested that the burial is 5th century.

{3} From Borough Hill ... the county museum has a small square-headed brooch like some from Peterborough, a bronze buckle and pin, glass beads and two coins of the Constantine family pierced for use as pendant ornaments.'

{5} Detailed description of finds.

{8} Illustration (see AO:60:381:2) From a Tumulus on Borough Hill. (Northampton Museum). It could not be established in which of the many tumuli on Borough Hill these were found.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.67 site 19 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Edgar W., 1923, Borough Hill & Its History, p.38, 103 (unchecked) (Book). SNN47010.

<3> Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M, 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.255 (checked) (Series). SNN100368.

<4> Meaney A.L., 1964, Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, p.186-7 (unchecked) (Gazetteer). SNN10289.

<5> 1969, Journal of The Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (6), pp.44-6 (checked) (Journal). SNN9670.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP56SE21 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<7> BROWN A.E., 1977, The Roman Barrow Cemetery on Borough Hill, Daventry, p.189 (checked) (Article). SNN15315.

<8> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 18-MAR-69 (Note). SNN111452.

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