Site Event/Activity record ELI2676 - Excavation at the pagan Anglo-Saxon cemetery site near the railway, Sleaford, in 1881

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0696 4536 (135m by 152m)
Civil Parish SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Archaeological Excavation

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

From 01 Nov 1881 to 30 Nov 1881 (between)

Map

Description

An excavation of part of the site (much of it already lay under the railway, the road and a nearby farmhouse) was undertaken by George William Thomas in November 1881. {1}

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Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Article in Serial: George William Thomas. 1887. 'On excavations in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Sleaford, in Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. vol 50, pp 383-406.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Pagan Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Cemetery, Sleaford (Monument)

Record last edited

Jun 30 2008 3:44PM

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