Is answer both or neither? On one hand, Lincs has *lot* of British 5/6thC metalwork+British church in Lincoln's forumpic.twitter.com/knjVwCxxGb
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Is answer both or neither? On one hand, Lincs has *lot* of British 5/6thC metalwork+British church in Lincoln's forumpic.twitter.com/knjVwCxxGb
On other hand, *massive* AS cems, esp away from Lincoln... Is "Anglo-Brittonic" better, or safer just "post-Roman"?pic.twitter.com/meqkBxmUZL
Note, OE kingdom-name Lindissi used in above post, not 'Lindsey', as modern Lindsey prob much smaller than Lindissi:pic.twitter.com/bTF71V8UZ7
Reduction in size poss linked to Mercian L7thC takeover, via a desire to control S Lincs wic? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/12/anglo-saxon-wic-update.html …pic.twitter.com/ZzlqNjwOdb
The rare hybrid Type F/G British penannular brooch from Norton Disney, pictured above: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/97353 …pic.twitter.com/NPGl4VdjlK
@caitlinrgreen Norton Disney brooch might argue the culture was a continuation of Celtic or Romano-British than Saxonpic.twitter.com/Rdxz26PWaY
Interesting re 5/6thC British territory at Lincoln that medieval Havelok tale was set in this! http://www.caitlingreen.org/2014/09/havelok-and-british-kings-of-lincoln.html …pic.twitter.com/XpSeJBdDCI
Re: hints of provincial continuity, see Greetwell Villa, Lincoln--occupied into 5thC+poss governor's palace...pic.twitter.com/ornIFadktP
...plus has been argued that villa-palace's estate may have survived to 11thC+beyond, possibly taken over in 7thC as minster estate!
Oh just #FF @caitlinrgreen as she really does post the most amazing things about much under-studied Britain between Romans and 1066 ...
@DorothyKing aw, thank you, that's very kind! :-)
@caitlinrgreen and even better - true!
Worth noting AS crem cems here=huge. Loveden=1800+ burials, W.Keal (these pics)=unknown, but covered a larger area..!pic.twitter.com/0JisT3WBc7
West Keal covered 2 acres across top of hill at https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.145447,0.0276828,3a,37.5y,354.41h,91.64t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sr7ugJwdDmxhiZ7TUTvo67A!2e0 …, small-scale excavations but not fully done :( Urns=AntiqJnl, 1956.
On 'sub-Roman' side, sequence of prob 2 British churches at St Paul in the Bail, Lincoln, v important--in centre of >pic.twitter.com/jpsgg1q3gy
> the forum, rebuilt ?5th/E6thC, could hold up to 100 ppl, & C14 analysis indicates demolished+replaced by Christian graveyard from L6thC :)
NB, outline of 2nd, apsidal church (mid-L5th-6thC?) in bricks next to castle; pic from Lincolnshire's Lost Churches: http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches/Lost.htm …
A possible Late Roman-Middle Saxon cemetery outside Roman walls of Caistor, Lincolnshire; parallel to Lincoln site? http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Spectacular-skeleton-excavation-Caistor-prove/story-15959409-detail/story.html …
An exceptionally large Anglo-Saxon whetstone/sceptre, prob from the huge 5-7thC cemetery at Loveden Hill, Lincspic.twitter.com/7NP95LoeP5
Further details available here; apparently retrieved at some point from cemetery & used as percussive/grinding tool! http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI30280&resourceID=1006 …
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