Site Event/Activity record ELI7244 - Construction of bungalows at Lincoln Road, Ruskington, 1935-8

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 07567 51493 (51m by 98m)
Civil Parish RUSKINGTON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Non-archaeological Excavation

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

From 01 Jan 1935 to 31 Dec 1938 (intermittent)

Map

Description

Wallhead Bros constructed several bungalows along Lincoln Road in the area of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. During this work, two rows of burials with associated grave goods were uncovered and the grave goods were donated to Lincoln Museum. A further burial with an urn was found and also donated in 1938. {1}{2}{3}

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Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Correspondence: 1935-6. Correspondence relating to the Wallhead finds. -.
  •  Correspondence: 1935 onwards. Correspondence relating to the Hossack Collection. Grave list.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: MEANEY, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p 161.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Pagan Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Lincoln Road, Ruskington (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 19 2006 11:34AM

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