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Summary

A mid- to late Saxon cemetery beneath St Helen's Church, Cumberworth

Full description

PRN 44039
An excavation recorded a sequence of 26 intercutting burials, thought to represent a period of over a century. The coffins were made from planks which had been charred on the outer surface, a characteristic of Saxon burials. An inscribed lead plaque dating to the 10th or possibly 11th century was recovered from one of the graves. The cemetery was sealed by a soil platform circa 600mm thick. A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon grave slab dating to the late 10th-11th century and at present embedded in the fireplace of the former nave of St Helen's Church (PRN 41986) may have originated from this cemetery.{1}

<1> Hampshire Archaeology/Test Valley Archaeological Trust, 1997, St Helen's Church, Cumberworth, SHC96 (Report). SLI6991.

Monument Types

• BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)
• CEMETERY (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)
• GRAVE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)
• INHUMATION (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)

Associated Finds

• COFFIN (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)
• HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)
• NAIL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD to 999 AD?)
• PLAQUE (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 950 AD? to 975 AD?)

Associated Events

• St Helen's Church, Cumberworth

Sources and further reading

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