IN A FIELD near West Langton, under the cover of 100,000 square metres of oil seed rape, the secrets of a society long gone lay hidden for century after century.
All it took to bring these secrets to the surface was a determined team of archaeologists, a funeral pyre in the style of the Anglo Saxons and an agreeable farmer willing to allow the clearing of his crop.
Time Team visited the site in West Langton in the summer of last year.
Over the years, the fields they visited have produced a huge amount of Anglo Saxon finds.
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