A "princely" Anglo-Saxon female burial from Swallow, Lincolnshire--v. rich grave-goods, E7thC: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/163899 …pic.twitter.com/cgwTymWd8D
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@caitlinrgreen ".so it is extremely disappointing that a findspot ... is not known, even more so now that the body has been stripped ..."
@howardmrw I know... I mentioned it at the time I posted that tweet.....
@caitlinrgreen I only saw your one tweet. The PAS database sometimes really depresses me. The finder 'noticed sheets of fabric'!
@howardmrw ah, ok, it was back late last yr. Yes, that's particularly depressing, tho' I think they did eventually reveal location. However>
@howardmrw > I will say that PAS is *far* better than 'rumours' we used to get, no, 15-20 yrs ago? We at least know about it, now, and can >
@howardmrw > know what was found, add it to general analysis. Looking at Lincs as a whole, so little known about so many burial sites, not >
@howardmrw > even finds nvr mind context. And, of course, even the greatest excavated cems remain unpublished after 50 yrs e.g. Loveden >
@howardmrw >, which is esp irritating as EH prepared report in 1980s/90s but lost! (at least, myself, Bruce Eagles+Kevin Leahy can't locate)
@caitlinrgreen "Due to the keyhole form of excavation it is unclear where the bowl was located with regards to the body."
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