Monument record 8091/0/1 - Site of probable Saxon settlement, Easton Maudit

A sunken-featured building was excavated in close proximity to Easton Maudit Roman villa. Over a hundred sherds of Anglo-Saxon pottery were recovered. Five graves of anglo-Saxon date were also reported

{1}Sunken feature building of Anglo-Saxon date excavated in close proximity to Roman villa. Only small proportion of finds seen by Charmian Woodfield, but over 100 sherds of Anglo-Saxon pottery and large quantities of late Roman pottery (AD350 onward).There are five graves stated to be Anglo-Saxon. The finds seem to be bone combs and one girdle hanger.

{2} Evidence to suggest that settlement continued or resumed in the Anglo-Saxon period, a 2-post structure and a group of graves, provisionally of 6th century date were found cutting the abandoned villa building, whilst, a fire-damaged copper-alloy brooch, found in the wider field and presumably from a cremation is indicative of a somewhat larger settlement.

<1> Woodfield P.; Woodfield C., 1994, Easton Maudit Roman Villa: An Appraisal, (unchecked) (Report). SNN40987.

<2> Line, M and Martin, B, 2022, Easton Maudit VI: An Account of investigations and excavations, 1987-2001 (Report). SNN114465.

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