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Museum of London Archaeology (
MOLA) researchers have completed their excavation of Northamptonshire’s largest Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered to date. Excavations fully funded by Barratt and David Wilson Homes were conducted over the course of 12 months, in preparation for the construction of a housing development.
Anglo-Saxon Settlement And Cemetery Complex Excavated In England
A vast Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery complex has been discovered in England that is being called a “one of a kind” discovery. Not, however, because the site was found laden with gold and silver, but because the thousands of recovered artifacts speak of the day to day lives of people who have inhabited the region since 4000 BC.
Whenever new construction is green lit in the UK, prior to any digging, archaeologists survey the site for any signs of ancient habitation. These must be tense times where the construction teams are praying nothing is found that might cause delays, while at the same time the archaeologists are dreaming of finding ancient objects. This was recently the case at Overstone Leys in Northamptonshire, England, where ahead of a new housing development project a team of archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (
A team from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have excavated the largest Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Northamptonshire at Overstone Gate. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND
The Northampton Chronicle & Echo reports that an Anglo-Saxon settlement and cemetery, and Bronze Age barrows and burials, were discovered in England’s East Midlands during an archaeological investigation conducted by researchers from the Museum of London Archaeology ahead of a development project. Traces of more than 20 structures were unearthed at the Anglo-Saxon settlement site. Weapons, cosmetic kits, combs, thousands of beads, some 150 brooches, 75 wrist clasps, and 15 chatelaines were recovered from the more than 150 Anglo-Saxon burials. The Bronze Age site consists of three round barrows, more than 40 burials, and four buildings. “The excavations will help us understand the way people lived in both the Anglo-Saxon period, around 1,500 years ago, as well as the Bronze Age, nearly 4,000 years ago,” concluded team member Simon Markus. To read about a 4,000-year-old ringed sanctuary in Germany that had surprising connections to Stonehenge, go to S