Monument record MLI50589 - SITE OF AN ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, SEARBY HILL

Summary

SITE OF AN ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY, SEARBY HILL

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 599 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 599 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

An extensive, apparently late 5th to early 6th century cemetery at Searby in a disused chalk pit. Human skeletons are said to have been disinterred, often accompanied by flat ring brooches. {1}{2} It was found between 1849 and 1864. Finds include annular brooches, a cruciform brooch, a radiate-headed brooch set with garnets and a disc brooch. {6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. SEARBY CUM OWMBY. TA 00 NE:5,1963, SEAMAN B H.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. SEARBY CUM OWMBY. TA 00 NE:D, N, M -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: MEANEY, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. P 162.
  •  Article in Serial: MACLEAN H. 1864. ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL 21 PP 264-5.
  •  Graphic Material: PARISH FILE. SEARBY CUM OWMBY. ALSO CORRESPONDENCE.
  •  Article in Monograph: LEAHY, K. A.. 1993. PRE-VIKING LINDSEY. P 41.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TA 0748 0602 (120m by 109m)
Civil Parish SEARBY CUM OWMBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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