Information for record number MWA916:
Undated Cemetery at Bordon Hill

Summary Several burials were found in the area of Bordon Hill, suggesting that this might be the site of a cemetery. The date of the burials is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Cemetery, Burial, Inhumation
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Old Stratford and Drayton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 17 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Five or six years ago several skeletons were found on the S face of Bardon (Bordon) Hill, and immediately by the side of the Stratford-Evesham road. The skeletons were E-W and about a foot and a half from the surface. Nothing was found with them.
2 The above description suggests an area around SP1754. No further information. The burials were probably late Saxon.
3 See also PRN 917. The reason for the supposed Late Saxon dating of the burials in reference
2 is unspecified.
4 Archaeological observation of the laying of a new pipeline between Bordon Hill (SP 17 54), and the A46 Alcester road (SP 17 55) found no trace of the undated cemetery.
5 There seems to be some conflation between MWA916, 917 and 1798. MWA1798 and 917 refer to the 1777 discoveries; MWA916 refers to the discoveries made in 1860 or 1861. Giving the difficulty in locating both sites, it is possible that the same area/site is being referred to.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Archaeological Observation of Stour Valley Mains Replacement, Stratford
Author/originator: J Meek
Date: 1996
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WNHAS
Author/originator: Tomes R F
Date: 1866
Page Number: 15-16
Volume/Sheet: 30
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C. Hingley personal comments
Author/originator: R C Hingley
Date:
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument INHUMATION * An interment of unburnt, articulated human remains. Use specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument CEMETERY * An area of ground, set apart for the burial of the dead. back
monument BURIAL * An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches. back
monument PIPELINE * A conduit or pipes, used primarily for conveying petroleum from oil wells to a refinery, or for supplying water to a town or district, etc. back

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