Anglo-Saxon cremation vessel sherds found at Cherry Willingham, 3 miles east of Lincoln. Is the ‘post-Roman polity of Lincoln’ theory now questionable?pic.twitter.com/chfXfZGWez
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Hard to know as the sherds come from limited excavation in 80s. Found close to the parish church (which itself sits on a curiously prehistoric looking mound). I agree the sherds are unlikely to be from a major crem cem though. Perhaps just one Saxon got over the fence :)
Ah, assumed these were new finds just reported to you! If just the old, then no, I'm distinctly unworried, as the sherds are already well-known and taken into account ;)
Iirc, the pottery is also thought to be later rather than earlier, 6thC, and although stamped not cremation?
> a small mixed cem (i.e. not a large cremation-predominant cem) then not convinced it advances us much... Likewise, date of the site would be significant (5thC, v interesting, 6thC less so etc) Indeed, there's a nearer find to Lincoln of 6thC stamped pottery fwiw, at >
Westwick Gardens/Rookery Lane :) See here and map of AS stamped pottery: http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue41/2/5.html …pic.twitter.com/gRNuKFqrcn
So, these are the 1978–80 Cherry Willingham finds: more details here of the site — http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI52864&resourceID=1006 … As already known, taken account of, & not a new major cem (which would've been fascinating!), I think can remain unworried for the post-Roman British kingdom of Lindēs ;)
Yes its from these unpublished 1980s excavations, so that HER entry is based on few lines in Lincs Hist & Arch
I borrowed them @collectionusher for today's Cherry Willingham LEB Archaeology exhibition and Adam spotted them!
Be great to get it written up/contexts for finds if Naomi Field gets time. Interesting site with metalworking too
The eternal issue with Lincolnshire Anglo-Saxon material, alas! One day Loveden Hill may be written up too, though English Heritage have reportedly lost the report prepared in the 90s... I seem to recall that there's more detail in the HER proper on the Cherry Willingham finds >
> beyond the LHA bits, as there is on Welton etc; I took photocopies of all the unpub Anglo-Saxon material in the HER a decade or so back when researching my thesis, though would need to hunt out the boxes now to check! :)
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