Category: Anglo-Saxon
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Bamburgh Castle find
Bamburgh dig uncovers unique find The continued archaeological investigation of Bamburgh Castle , once the palace site of the early medieval kings of Northumbria, has revealed a marvellous new find of national significance. The copper alloy fragment is small, 23mm by 12mm, but beautifully decorated with an intricate zoomorphic representation of a bird, characteristic of…
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Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in Norfolk
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM MOLA HAVE UNCOVERED AN IMPORTANT ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY IN AN EXCAVATION FUNDED BY HISTORIC ENGLAND IN ADVANCE OF A CONSERVATION AND FISHING LAKE AND FLOOD DEFENCE SYSTEM AT WENSUM VIEW IN NORFOLK. The waterlogged conditions of the river valley led to the remarkable preservation of burials that are extremely rare in the archaeological record,…
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Anglo-Saxon sculpture
Museum of Somerset in Taunton buys £150,000 Anglo-Saxon sculpture MUSEUM visitors will be able to inspect a unique Anglo-Saxon sculpture that had been used as a tombstone on a cat’s grave. A builder had the artefact in his garden at Dowlish Wake, near Ilminster, until it was realised how important it was. It has now…
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Anglo-Saxon stone and Roman sarcophagus
Gardener unearths Anglo-Saxon carving in job lot of rockery stone Looking for some natural stone for a rockery in his garden, John Wyatt thought he had found a bargain when he saw a job lot advertised for £50. He was more right than he knew. For when he took the ton and a half of…
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Lyminge excavation
My Photos Tayne Field 2014 excavation. Lyminge Archaeological Project Archaeologists from the University of Reading, along with local volunteers, archaeological societies and university students have working here each summer until 2014 to uncover Lyminge’s Anglo-Saxon past.
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Oakington Updates
More excavation details of Oakington Anglo-Saxon cemetery on the website, including a 3D cruciform brooch scan.
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Early Anglo-Saxon burials, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire
Shield-wearing [?!] skeleton, necklace and grave goods found in early Saxon inhumations The discovery of nine bodies in Cambridgeshire could reveal much about the little-known early Saxon period. An early Saxon man who fell on his shield [?!] has been found buried with a knife and spear alongside a jewellery-clad woman during a dig on…
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Lincoln Castle skeleton
Archaeologists find holy bones and Saxon coffin in wall niche during Lincoln Castle dig Experts say a shoe-wearing skeleton, found as part of an excavation on a church beneath Lincoln Castle dating back at least 1,000 years, should reveal much about the Saxon city ahead of radiocarbon dating on its hidden coffin The…
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