Monument record MLI42837 - Possible Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Swaby
Summary
Possible Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Swaby
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
42837
IN 1991 A PARKING SPACE WAS CREATED BY DIGGING INTO THE HILLSIDE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF LONGHEDGE LANE AND PADO LANE. SOME MONTHS LATER WEATHERING REVEALED SEVERAL HUMAN BONES AND THE POLICE AT SKEGNESS WERE INFORMED, WHO CONTACTED LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO ARRANGE FOR THEIR REMOVAL IN JUNE 1992. THE BURIALS LAY AT A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 0.9M BELOW THE TURF AND WERE RESTING ON NATURAL WEATHERED CHALK. GROUND CONDITIONS WERE VERY DRY AND NO GRAVE CUTS WERE DISCERNIBLE. ONE BURIAL WAS ALIGNED W-E, THE OTHER THREE WERE APPROXIMATELY SSW-NNE. AS THEY ARE NOT ALL ORIENTATED, WHICH MAY MEAN THAT THEY ARE OF A PRE-CHRISTIAN DATE. A FRAGMENT OF A (POSSIBLY SAXON) BONE COMB AND THREE PIECES OF MEDIEVAL POTTERY (43126) WERE ALSO FOUND HERE, BUT WHICH WERE NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BURIALS. {1}{2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI712 Article in Serial: FIELD, F.N.. 1992. LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. VOL 27 P 45-6.
- <2> SLI6300 Photograph: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Jun 1992. Photographs of A-S burials. Print. -.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 38836 77636 (15m by 14m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWABY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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