VICINITY OF DINTON CASTLE
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Saxon inhumation cemetery found digging the foundations for the castle in the eighteenth century
IN DIGGING FOUNDATION TRENCH FOR CASTLE MANY HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED (B1).
J Y AKERMAN & REV J J GOODALL'S EXCAVATION ON W SIDE OF CASTLE FOUND NO TRACES OF INTERMENT EXCEPT FURTHER NW (B4).
SITE LIKELY TO EXTEND SE OF A418, ON TOPOGRAPHICAL GROUNDS (B11).
TRENCH CUT C.80M N OF CASTLE: NO INHUMATIONS RECORDED (B12).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Saxon inhumation cemetery found digging the foundations for the castle in the eighteenth century
Date Listed
n/a