Information for record number MWA809:
Findspot - undated stone coffin

Summary Findspot - a stone coffin of unknown date was found in Ufton churchyard.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ufton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 62
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A stone coffin for a child, dug up in Ufton churchyard. This was made of local sandstone, 1m long and 0.33m wide. The exterior was roughly formed, somewhat D-shaped, but with a carefully-made sinking tapering to the feet and shaped at the shoulders and head in the same way as a full-sized stone coffin. The length from head to foot is 53 cm, the depth 18 cm. There is a space for the head and a hole in the bottom, as usual in stone coffins.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 54
Author/originator: Chatwin P B
Date: 1929
Page Number: 65-66
Volume/Sheet: 54
   
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
monument COFFIN * A chest made of stone, wood or lead, used to enclose a dead body. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCHYARD * An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground. back

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