ROMANO-BRITISH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



WESTON TURVILLE. Remains of a Roman burial were discovered here in 1855 [Arch. Jaurn. xxxv, 

 290 ; lllut. Land, News, 21 July 1855]. In the rectory garden, at a depth of 4 ft. 6 in. below 

 the surface, a Roman vessel of coarse yellow pottery was found, which bore traces of old 

 fractures, probably either an amphora or a cinerary urn. It was placed in a hole i8in. in 

 diameter, in cretaceous clay, very tenacious and impervious to water ; the contiguous clay was 

 streaked with dark lines. The accompanying objects were in glass : a bluish-green circular 

 vessel, with pieces of bone adhering to it 5 a green glass vessel, 6 in. in height, 2^ in. square, 





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ROMAN OBJECTS POUND AT TINCEWICK 

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