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Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill

England
List entry 1020290
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020290
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.52 hectares
Grid reference
SP 79953 02110
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hemley Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a designated ancient monument in Buckinghamshire comprising inhumation burials of the early medieval period. The site dates to the Anglo-Saxon period and represents an important archaeological record of early English settlement and funerary practice in the region. Excavation and survey work has revealed evidence of multiple burials arranged across the hillside location, contributing to scholarly understanding of Anglo-Saxon community organisation and material culture. The monument remains significant for its potential to inform research into early medieval Buckinghamshire and the transition from Romano-British to Anglo-Saxon settlement patterns.

Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020290. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill?

Hemley Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a designated ancient monument in Buckinghamshire comprising inhumation burials of the early medieval period.

Who is responsible for protecting Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill?

Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020290.

What other scheduled monuments are near Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm (3.2 km), Two bowl barrows 450m north west of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery (3.2 km), Bell barrow 260m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery (3.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm
3.2 km
Two bowl barrows 450m north west of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery
3.2 km
Bell barrow 260m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery
3.3 km
Bowl barrow 140m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
3.4 km
Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
3.5 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe
4 km
Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station
4.2 km
Earthworks in Park Wood
4.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill

Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hemley Hill

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~14.6 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~18 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~21 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~9.8 miles
Domesday entry for Horsenden, Buckinghamshire →
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