Monument record RBY 003 - Anglo Saxon barrow with associated cremation and finds

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Summary

Found in excavations of barrow, 1869, cremation in Anglo Saxon urn with slight sloping long bosses and split S stamps; fragments of another

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 7761 6783 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL76NE
Civil Parish RISBY, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Found in excavations of barrow :
1869 - cremation in Anglo Saxon urn with slight sloping long bosses and split `S' stamps; fragments of another.
1959 - dark blue glass cylindrical bead with pale blue trails (S1)(S2). See also BA and RBY 004.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <S1> (No record type): Edwardson A R, Further Excavations on Tumuli at Risby, 1959, PSIA 28, pt 2, 153-160.
  • <R1> (No record type): Greenwell W, Examination of Suffolk Tumuli - Risby, Quart J Suffolk Inst Archaeol, 1869, 37.
  • <S2> (No record type): Meaney, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. Meaney A, Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites, 1964, 232.
  • <R2> (No record type): Fox C, Archaeology of Cambridge Region, 33.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <R3> (No record type): Archaeol J, 95, 1940, 43, 44, 97 pl IVC.
  • <R4> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 4, 366.
  • <R5> (No record type): Hawkes C F C, Antiq J, 20, 1940, fig 14, 119.

Finds (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2021 1:57PM

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