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Summary

An early Anglo-Saxon burial, off Pottergate Road, Wellingore

Full description

PRN 62628
During metal detecting in 2002, several Saxon finds and some fragments of human bone were recovered. In response to these finds and to satisfy the Coroner's request, a trial trench was excavated in the area of the presumed burial. A partial crouched inhumation was revealed, along with several more finds. The finds assemblage comprised two annular brooches, a copper alloy terret ring, a great square-headed brooch dated to the second half of the sixth century, a sherd of early to mid Saxon pottery, and several amber beads and copper alloy tubes thought to form a bracelet as they were found by the wrist of the burial. The burial was of a probable female of circa twenty-three years of age at death. Copper alloy staining on the bones indicated that the brooches had been placed at the shoulders and by the head. {1}{2}

<1> City and County Museum, Sept 2002, Land off Pottergate Road, Wellingore, WEL02 (Report). SLI8477.

<2> City and County Museum, Sept 2002, Land off Pottergate Road, Wellingore, LCNCC 2002.425 (Archive). SLI8478.

Monument Types

• BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 550 AD to 600 AD)
• CEMETERY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 550 AD? to 600 AD?)
• GRAVE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 550 AD to 600 AD)
• INHUMATION (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 550 AD to 600 AD)

Associated Finds

• ANNULAR BROOCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
• BRACELET (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD? to 650 AD?)
• HARNESS FITTING (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
• SHERD (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD?)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 550 AD to 600 AD)
• PLATE BROOCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 550 AD to 600 AD)

Associated Events

• Metal detecting off Pottergate Road, Wellingore
• Trial trench off Pottergate Road, Wellingore

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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