1 About the year 1850, a number of skeletons were brought to light in a stone pit at the S end of the Burton Dassett ridge, on an elevation known ...
Several undated burials were found in the 19th century on Burton Dassett Hills. They were thought to be criminals who had been gibbeted. The burials were found in an area that was subsequently quarried.
1 1908. The remains of about 35 skeletons were discovered on the summit of Mount Pleasant by men quarrying for ironstone. According to the manager, the bodies, ...
The site of an Anglo Saxon cemetery, dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. About 35 individuals were found. Some of them were buried with objects which included various pots and a seax. The cemetery was located on Pleasant Hill, Burton Dassett.
1 Around 1909 an almost perfect skeleton was reported to have been found at the summit of the hill lying opposite to Mount Pleasant, at the N end of ...
The site of a single burial of unknown date. It was found on Bonfire Hill, Burton Dassett.