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Multi-periodSite Name: Taplow Mound Alternative Name: Tæppa's Mound; Tæppa's Low (Taplow), Taeppa's Mound
Country: England County: Buckinghamshire Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Maidenhead Nearest Village: Taplow
Map Ref: SU90618216
Latitude: 51.531088N Longitude: 0.695137W
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**Taplow Mound** submitted by DavidCWoods : The mound is situated right next to the house in the churchyard of a demolished church. Fortunately our visit coincided with an open day, with people dressed in period costume (Civil War and Saxon). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Saxon burial mound of the 7th century in Berkshire. Located in the grounds of Taplow Court, now the headquarters of Soka Gakkai International. The burial mound dates from circa 620 AD and was exhumed in 1883 - the finds are exhibited in the British Museum. The richest Saxon burial until the discovery of Sutton Hoo. Finds include a gold buckle set with garnet and lapis lazuli, weapons,, drinking horns, glasses, a harp and a bronze bowl imprted from Egypt.

The mound is right next to the house, in the churchyard of a now demolished church.

Taplow Court is sometimes open to the public, and there is apparently a right of way to the mound.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 251689 which describes this 7th century 'hlaew' or round barrow. The monument is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1014781, which covers the Saxon barrow, the church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court.

The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this site - see their entry for Taeppa’s Low, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, which includes a description, a photograph and a notie of the artefacts found during excavation, which are now in the British Museum. The JoA entry also inclues mention of the nearby well (see nearby sites below), adding: "(this) whole site is surrounded by the earthworks of an Iron-Age fortification which are now barely noticeable to visitors".
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SU9082 : Taeppa's Mound in the old churchyard, Taplow by Stefan Czapski — by Stefan Czapski
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SU9082 : Heraldic device, old St Nicholas' churchyard, Taplow by Stefan Czapski — by Stefan Czapski
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SU9082 : Taeppa's Mound / Taplow Barrow by Mark Percy — by Mark Percy
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SU9082 : Tomb in old St Nicolas' churchyard, Taplow Court by Stefan Czapski — by Stefan Czapski
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