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Name:Pagan Anglo-Saxon burial from the Bass Maltings site
HER Number:MLI91663
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Pagan Anglo-Saxon burial from the Bass Maltings site

Grid Reference:TF 074 452
Map Sheet:TF04NE
Parish:SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 65300
During the construction of the Bass Maltings, a small collection of pagan Anglo-Saxon grave goods was recovered. These include annular and cruciform brooches, wrist clasps, a girdle hanger and a necklace of glass and paste beads, suggesting a female burial. {1}


<1> 1985, Letters between The Bass Museum and Lincoln Museum about finds from the Bass Maltings, Sleaford, - (Correspondence). SLI11954.

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANNULAR BROOCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • BEAD (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • NECKLACE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • CRUCIFORM BROOCH (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 500 AD to 550 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Correspondence: 1985. Letters between The Bass Museum and Lincoln Museum about finds from the Bass Maltings, Sleaford. -.