Monument record MLI33614 - Pagan Saxon inhumation burial, Castle Bytham

Summary

Pagan Saxon inhumation burial, Castle Bytham

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 33614 A pagan Anglo-Saxon burial of a female was found when a stone pit at Castle Bytham was enlarged in 1850. Associated grave goods included a gilt ring fibula brooch set with four gems, a copper earring, a necklace of blue and green glass and terracotta beads, a beaver tooth set in a metal shank and a horse's tooth drilled with holes, both probably worn as amulets, and a jet button.{1}{2} It was ascertained from the manager of Castle Bytham Lime Pits (centred at SK990180) that these pits were originally quarried for stone, and were enlarged about 1850. No further information.{1} In 1850 a ring brooch of silver gilt (set with four carbuncles and with interlaced ornamentation), beads (mostly of blue and green glass, some marked with spots and zigzag lines, with others of terracotta), a small object of jet with two perforations, a wire ring, the left incisor from the lower jaw of a large beaver with one end set in metal, and part of a horse's tooth, rubbed down into a conical form with a perforation through the apex, were found here with a skeleton.{3}{4}{5}{6}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. CASTLE BYTHAM. SK91NE7,1965, D.A..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: AKERMAN, J.. 1855. REMAINS OF PAGAN SAXONDOM. P 26-7 PL XII.
  •  Article in Serial: 1853. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL X P 81-2.
  •  Article in Serial: C.W. Phillips. 1934. 'The Present State of Archaeology in Lincolnshire: Part 1' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL XCI P 147.
  •  Article in Serial: 1926. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL. VOL VI P 78.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: MEANEY, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. P 153.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. CASTLE BYTHAM. SK91NE:C, F, H..
  •  Artefact: Cambridge Museum Collection. -.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 9900 1799 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish CASTLE BYTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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