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Description: | PARISH FILE INCLUDES A LIST OF 15 FUNERARY URNS. THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY WAS REVEALED BY PLOUGHING IN APRIL 1954. THE SITE WAS EXCAVATED BY G V TAYLOR AND HE RECOVERED 4 ALMOST COMPLETE URNS, 2 SEMI- COMPLETE URNS AND MANY STAMPED SHERDS. {1}{2}{3}
GLASS BEADS AND POTTERY WERE FOUND IN 1930. DEEP PLOUGHING IN 1954 REVEALED PAGAN SAXON POTTERY SCATTERED OVER SOME 2 ACRES. TAYLOR RECOVERED 21 URNS WITH CREMATIONS. {4}, AREA 4.5H, LENGTH 250M, WIDTH 180M
Hall Hill is a prominent spur of land which might well be described in Old English as a 'hoh', which means 'projecting ridge of land'. The site lies on and adjacent to the parish boundary with Bolingbroke looking immediately down over the town to the north-west and might be an appropriate site for the wapentake to meet. There is place-name evidence in East Keal which suggests a route leading to a meeting place ('spelowgate'). However, there is no secure locational evidence to confirm this, so this remains conjectural. {6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 410 - 550 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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