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A pagan Anglo-Saxon burial of a female was found when a stone pit at Castle Bytham was enlarged in 1850. Associated grave goods included a gilt ring fibula brooch set with four gems, a copper earring, a necklace of blue and green glass and terracotta beads, a beaver tooth set in a metal shank and a horse's tooth drilled with holes, both probably worn as amulets, and a jet button.{1}{2}
It was ascertained from the manager of Castle Bytham Lime Pits (centred at SK990180) that these pits were originally quarried for stone, and were enlarged about 1850. No further information.{1}
In 1850 a ring brooch of silver gilt (set with four carbuncles and with interlaced ornamentation), beads (mostly of blue and green glass, some marked with spots and zigzag lines, with others of terracotta), a small object of jet with two perforations, a wire ring, the left incisor from the lower jaw of a large beaver with one end set in metal, and part of a horse's tooth, rubbed down into a conical form with a perforation through the apex, were found here with a skeleton.{3}{4}{5}{6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 410 - 650 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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