SNN104679 - An Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire

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Type Report
Title An Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2004
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 25/04/2012

Abstract/Summary

Excavations in adbance of gravel extraction on land to the south of Hardwater Road Wollaston produced evidence for an extensive landscape of Iron Age and Roman farms was arranged along a single routeway. The farms were all of low status. A single Anglo Saxon feature was excavated at the southern end of the quarry but otherwise finds of this period were limited to two scatters of pottery and a fragment of small long brooch recovered by metal detection. On excavation, the feature revealed a warrior burial equipped with helmet and sword. It lay alongside the routeway suggesting the ealier land units were still in existence. The burial contained artefacts indicative of high status including only the fourth Anglo-Saxon helment recovered from England.

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Location

NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library

Referenced Monuments (1)

  • Isolated C7th Burial With Grave Goods (The Pioneer Burial) (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Wollaston Quarry, 1993-1998 (Excavation) (Ref: Awaiting report)

Record last edited

Mar 28 2019 1:58PM

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