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The site of an 8th century monastery that was believed to have been lost has been unearthed next to a church. the exact location of the monastery ruled by queen cynethryth — the widow of the powerful king 0ffa of mercia — had long baffled historians. however, archaeologists said they have finally found it in the grounds of holy trinity church in cookham, berkshire. 0ur reporter, joe campbell, has been along to find out more. in normal times, this is an overspill for the car park for the local church, but if you look at it it was once a very busy, bustling monastery side. this was not the a...

Just down here, you can see that layer of earth, that was probably a half, it might have been somebody who was working here operating a smithy. there been no shortage of finds. for example, that is an axe that would have been used by a carpenter or a woodworker working in support of the monastery. the fact is, it's notjust the significance of the finds here, but the actual fact this was also the final home of to one of the most famous woman you've probably never heard of, queen cynethryth. she was the widow of king 0ffa, you've heard of him, he was the one who built the famous dyke that now ma...