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Monument Number 220007
Hob Uid: 220007
Location : Wiltshire Wilsford cum Lake
Grid Ref : SU1090040200
Summary : A Saxon burial found within one of the barrows in the Lake Barrow Cemetery, comprising an inhumation with spearhead, knife and shield boss. It is uncertain which of the Lake group of barrows (SU 14 SW 51 and associated records) contained this burial. Grinsell assigned the barrow number Wilsford 50b to these finds.
More information : [Centred SU 109402] Wilsford 50b - an unlocated barrow of the Lake Down Group which contained an intrusive pagan Saxon skeleton with spearhead, knife, and 'iron headpiece' (shield boss). (1)

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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Source details : Stukeley Mem., iii (Surtees Soc), 277 - 8.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Early Saxon
Monument End Date : 649
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Inhumation
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Components and Objects:

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Inhumation
Object Type : SPEAR, KNIFE, SHIELD
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10300
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 14 SW 209
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Monument Number 220007