Hundreds of Saxon Graves Unearthed in Sittingbourne
According to KentNews:
A perfectly preserved pair of glass drinking cups was found when the grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior was unearthed during building work on a new pub, Yourswale reports.
The burial place was one of more than 200 uncovered at a site in Sittingbourne, known as The Meads.
Other findings included swords, spears, shields, decorative beads and other jewellery, as well as fragments of clothing …
But instead of the work taking place in the bowels of the British Museum it is being carried out in shop fronts in Sittingbourne town centre – next door to the burial site itself.
Filed under: Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on September 23rd, 2009
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