Monument record 756/0/1 - Undated Features, Including An Inhumation

A supine burial in a shallow grave was discovered during the construction of a driveway. Undated

{1} At the north end of High Street an earth bank between houses and the street was cut for the driveway for No.13 High Street on 15th May 1983. A supine burial in a shallow grave cut into the gravel c.1m from the pavement. It was excavated by A.Hannan on 16th May 1983. Immediately to the south was a pit or the butt-end of a ditch, also possibly pre-medieval. Fill dehumified. No associated finds recovered.

{2} No bones were disturbed in excavation c.2m to the north, suggesting that the pre-Christian burial is a lone burial and not part of a large cemetery.

<1> HANNAN A., 1983, Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN106422.

<2> Jones R.L.C., 2001, Report on Shovel Test Pits In And Around Whittlebury Village: July-August 2001, p.16 (checked) (Report). SNN102659.

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Jan 26 2018 10:39AM