[MR] History Blog: Anglo-Saxon Dark Ages Cemetery

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

The British High Speed Rail project has yielded a lot of cool archaeology
as it plows its way across that nation. Recently in Wendover,
Buckinghamshire, construction crews hit a 5th to 6th century cemetery (a
period described in the text as "sub-Roman", meaning after the 410 CE
withdrawal of Roman armies from Britain and to include the Anglo-Saxon
invasion).

Archaeologists have uncovered 138 graves, with 141 burials and five
cremations. Many of the graves are furnished with grave goods: beakers,
beads, rings, brooches, buckles, knives and parts of weapons. The objects
open an important window into early post-Roman British history.

The story is at http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/64347 .

An illustrated BBC report on the finds is at
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61810503 .

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆