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Name:SITE OF AN ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, SEARBY HILL
HER Number:MLI50589
Type of record:Monument

Summary

SITE OF AN ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, SEARBY HILL

Grid Reference:TA 074 060
Map Sheet:TA00NE
Parish:SEARBY CUM OWMBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

An extensive, apparently late 5th to early 6th century cemetery at Searby in a disused chalk pit. Human skeletons are said to have been disinterred, often accompanied by flat ring brooches. {1}{2}

It was found between 1849 and 1864. Finds include annular brooches, a cruciform brooch, a radiate-headed brooch set with garnets and a disc brooch. {6}


<1> OS CARD INDEX, TA 00 NE:5,1963, SEAMAN B H (Index). SLI2717.

<2> SMR FILE, TA 00 NE:D, N, M - (Index). SLI3255.

<3> MEANEY, A., 1964, A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, P 162 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI850.

<4> MACLEAN H, 1864, ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, VOL 21 PP 264-5 (Article in Serial). SLI318.

<5> PARISH FILE, ALSO CORRESPONDENCE (Graphic Material). SLI2075.

<6> LEAHY, K. A., 1993, PRE-VIKING LINDSEY, P 41 (Article in Monograph). SLI82.

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 599 AD)
  • CEMETERY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 599 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 599 AD)
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: OS CARD INDEX. SEARBY CUM OWMBY. TA 00 NE:5,1963, SEAMAN B H.
<2>Index: SMR FILE. SEARBY CUM OWMBY. TA 00 NE:D, N, M -.
<3>Bibliographic Reference: MEANEY, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. P 162.
<4>Article in Serial: MACLEAN H. 1864. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL 21 PP 264-5.
<5>Graphic Material: PARISH FILE. SEARBY CUM OWMBY. ALSO CORRESPONDENCE.
<6>Article in Monograph: LEAHY, K. A.. 1993. PRE-VIKING LINDSEY. P 41.

Related records

MLI53604Related to: CHALK PIT (Monument)

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