Monument record MLI30516 - SPITALGATE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, GRANTHAM
Summary
SPITALGATE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, GRANTHAM
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
THE ANGLO-SAXON CREMATION AND INHUMATION CEMETERY AT SPITALGATE HAS YIELDED MANY URNS, IRON SPEARHEADS, KNIFE BLADES, SHIELD BOSSES, AND BRONZE SQUARE- HEADED FIBULAE. THE CEMETERY IS SITED ON THE EAST OF THE MALTHOUSES, IN THE FORK OF THE GREAT NORTH ROAD AND THE ROAD TO DONINGTON AND BOSTON. THE AREA IS NOW BUILT OVER. {1}{2}{3}
THERE ARE NO GRAVE-GOODS AT PRESENT KNOWN FROM THIS SITE TO SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT THIS SITE WAS A CREMATION CEMETERY. PHILLIPS' INFORMANT WAS H PRESTON OF GRANTHAM; HE REPORTED MANY URNS FOUND HERE BUT THIS WAS APPARENTLY AN INACCURATE IMPRESSION PERHAPS CREATED BY CONFUSION WITH REMAINS FOUND ELSEWHERE. INHUMATION CEMETERY. {4}~
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2518 Index: OS CARD INDEX. GRANTHAM. SK 93 SW: 12,1965, BAIRD J.
- <2> SLI3045 Index: SMR FILE. GRANTHAM. SK 93 SW: E,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <3> SLI3045 Index: SMR FILE. GRANTHAM. SK 93 SW: AF,1983, DES.
- <4> SLI850 Bibliographic Reference: MEANEY, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. P 155.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 9188 3491 (78m by 75m) |
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Civil Parish | GRANTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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