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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} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 800 - 999 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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