An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery in Lincolnshire
7 January 2001
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If you don't already have it installed on your computer, you will need a simple free QuickTime download from www.apple.com/quicktime to run these VRs. The minimum version required is 3, although 5 is better. Once installed, clicking on any of the links below should start the VR after a short downloading delay. Each VR provides a 360-degree panoramic view of different aspects of the excavation, enabling you to zoom in or out and explore the site from different angles.

Phil's trench

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Trench 1, or Phil's trench, is intended to uncover the early Anglo-Saxon burials first exposed when a water pipe was laid across the field a couple of years previously. It has to be extended when it is discovered that the line of the pipe as notified by the water company is out by about 10 metres. The excavation uncovers a complicated set of burials – a crouching skeleton found with the remains of a glass bead necklace; another in a very bad state, with a crushed skull, buried with a spear indicative of high status; a set of disarticulated bones around an Anglo-Saxon pot; and the bones of a woman who appeared to have been buried in haste, thrown into the ground and piled over with rubble.

Carenza's trench

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In the adjacent field, Carenza's trench turns up Anglo-Saxon burials in a former Roman farmstead. Geophysics surveys reveal that the field was once home to a thriving Roman village, with the line of the former main street and buildings showing clearly in the survey results.

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