Monument record 1809/0/1 - Early Middle Saxon to Late Saxon Inhumation, Lowick Road

Anglo-Saxon inhumation burial with two brooches found April 1965 at a depth of 2ft 6in during pipe laying. Large brooch dated to circa 600 AD.

{1} Features found in 1965. Saxon inhumation with two cruciform brooches, found during pipelaying at SP986797.

{2} Anglo-Saxon inhumation burial with two brooches found April 1965 at a depth of 2ft 6in during pipe laying. The brooches were of the cruciform type, the larger, 8in by 5in, was delicately ornamented and dated by the British Museum to around 600 AD. The smaller brooch, 3in by 2in, was plain and difficult to date precisely.

{3} The largest brooch was dated to AD600 by the British Museum. Grid ref: SP98587944

{4} Mrs Jeffs indicated the finds came from SP 98587944.

{5} Anglo Saxon Burial found 1965.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.59/Site 9 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Migration and Early Medieval), 3/18 (checked) (Article). SNN7652.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97NE37 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 31-OCT-69 (Note). SNN111452.

<5> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 1: 10 000 1975 (Map). SNN112944.

<6> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), 890500 (Archive). SNN113295.

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