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HHER Number: | 1617 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | MIDDLE SAXON BURIAL, POUND FARM, IPPOLLITTS |
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Summary
Late 6th-early 7th century inhumation with grave goods
Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Middle Saxon - 550 AD to 869 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Middle Saxon - 550 AD to 869 AD)
- SEAX (Middle Saxon - 550 AD to 869 AD)
- SHIELD BOSS (Middle Saxon - 550 AD to 869 AD)
Full description
Late 6th/early 7th century inhumation found during construction work at Pound Farm. Associated finds comprised a scramasax (13" long), belt buckle and tag and a knife. Hitchin Museum (Acc 3093, 3343) <1>. Other isolated burials are said to have been found in the vicinity, but there is no real evidence to support this <2> apart from a contemporary vessel apparently from Vicar's Grove [398].
The finds with the burial include an iron shield boss <4>.
Herts.Local History Newsheet,5,1952 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4804.
Morris Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SHT7108.
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
<1> Stevenage Museum Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SHT10431.
<2> Meaney, Audrey L, 1964, Gazetteer of early Anglo-Saxon burial sites, - p104 (Bibliographic reference). SHT6915.
<3> Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith J, & Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Tony, 2008, The archaeology of Hitchin from prehistory to the present, Photo, p14 (Bibliographic reference). SHT2527.
<4> https://ehive.com/account/4308/, objects/600726 (Digital archive). SHT17744.
Sources and further reading
--- | Bibliographic reference: Herts.Local History Newsheet,5,1952. |
--- | Unpublished document: Morris Gazetteer. |
--- | Index: OS Records. |
<1> | Unpublished document: Stevenage Museum Gazetteer. |
<2> | Bibliographic reference: Meaney, Audrey L. 1964. Gazetteer of early Anglo-Saxon burial sites. - p104. |
<3> | Bibliographic reference: Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith J, & Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Tony. 2008. The archaeology of Hitchin from prehistory to the present. Photo, p14. |
<4> | Digital archive: https://ehive.com/account/4308/. Website. objects/600726. |
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