A 7th century Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Burwell Road, Exning, Suffolk / Andrew A.S. Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Andrew A. S., author.

Series:

BAR British series ; 655.

BAR British series ; 655

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burial--England--Suffolk--History--To 1500.

Burial.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval--England--Suffolk.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval.

Human remains (Archaeology)--England--Suffolk.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Suffolk.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Suffolk (England)--Antiquities.

Suffolk (England).

Antiquities.

England--Suffolk.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 177 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Other Title:

Seventh century Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Burwell Road, Exning, Suffolk

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

The village of Exning in the most westerly part of Suffolk is a small settlement appended to the north-west of the larger town of Newmarket. Despite its modern inferiority to Newmarket, it is understood to have been an important location in the Anglo-Saxon period. Statements in the Liber Eliensis or 'Book of Ely' suggest that St ¡thelthryth, or Etheldreda, the daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, who would become Abbess of Ely, was born here. This volume describes the archaeological excavation of the site and the 7th century Anglo-Saxon cemetery that was recorded here. Grave goods present with several of the burials in the cemetery were indicative of high status. Of further note is the similarity of the richest grave at this site with a grave recorded at a cemetery on the Isle of Ely which is considered to have had links with the religious community there.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 29, 2020).

ISBN:

9781407356938

1407356933

OCLC:

1222213654