Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog

The Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog is concerned with news reports featuring Anglo-Saxon period archaeology. If you wish to see news reports for general European archaeology, please go to The Archaeology of Europe Weblog.

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Somerset skeletons are oldest evidence of monks found in UK

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Carbon dating of remains unearthed in Beckery chapel near Glastonbury indicate monastic life dating back to fifth or early sixth centuries ...
Friday, 2 December 2016

Bitumen from Middle East discovered in 7th century buried ship in UK

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Middle Eastern Bitumen, a rare, tar-like material, is present in the seventh century ship buried at Sutton Hoo, according to a study pub...

Sutton Hoo bitumen links Syria with Anglo-Saxon England

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Analysis of black organic fragments found in the Sutton Hoo boat burial has revealed they are bitumen from Syria. The Suffolk site was...
Friday, 18 November 2016

Revealing the substandard fate of the Dark Age dead

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Almost 80 wooden coffins excavated at Great Ryburgh in Norfolk provides fascinating insight into the lives and deaths of Dark Age Anglo-Sax...

Surprise Find: More Than 80 Anglo-Saxon Coffins Uncovered in England

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An ancient Anglo-Saxon cemetery with more than 80 rare wooden coffins containing skeletons has been unearthed in England. Earlier this...

Discovery Of Rare Anglo-Saxon Burials Is Revealed

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Archaeologists have uncovered an important Anglo-Saxon cemetery in an excavation in advance of a conservation and fishing lake and flood ...
Sunday, 25 September 2016

Anglo-Saxon 'palace' found at Rendlesham near Sutton Hoo site

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One of the beads found at the site in Rendlesham Archaeologists believe they have found a lost Anglo-Saxon royal palace near one of Br...
Sunday, 24 July 2016

A bronze age barrow and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery have been unearthed in Rothley

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Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have discovered the hidden gems of the Leicestershire village during an investigation into ...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Evidence Of 'Largest Anglo-Saxon Building In Scotland' Found

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Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of what is believed to be the largest Anglo-Saxon building found in Scotland. The dig at Glebe F...
Thursday, 14 July 2016

Lindisfarne monastery evidence found by amateur archaeologist

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The stone was found by a member of the public who had contributed to the crowd-funded dig An amateur archaeologist has unearthed what ...
Monday, 27 June 2016

THE DAY OF ARCHAEOLOGY 2016 WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY 29 JULY!

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We are looking for people working, studying or volunteering in the archaeological world to participate with us in a “Day of Archaeology” ...
Monday, 20 June 2016

Story of one of the largest Saxon cemeteries ever found in Wessex revealed 42 years after its discovery

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One of the largest Saxon cemeteries ever found in Wessex contains cremations, inhumations and warrior burials Found in Collingbourne D...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

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Wednesday, 11 May 2016

More Anglo-Saxons - including a warrior and a high-status woman - have been found by archaeologists in Wiltshire

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A six-foot warrior and a high-status woman were part of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated in south-east Wiltshire Last month, archaeolo...
Thursday, 28 April 2016

The Viking Great Army in England: Torksey, treasure and towns

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The Viking Great Army in England: Torksey, treasure and towns Tuesday 3 May 2016, 5.30 PM Speaker:  Julian Richards From AD 865 t...
Sunday, 24 April 2016

Did volcano eruptions tip Europe into Dark Ages?

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Back-to-back volcanic eruptions in the mid-6th century darkened Europe's skies for more than a year and may have ushered in the Dar...

Romsey Abbey: The mystery of the hair in the coffin

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For the past few months, archaeologists have been testing a full head of hair found in a coffin. Is it the hair of a saint? In October...
Monday, 18 April 2016

Prehistoric monuments and 150 Anglo-Saxon graves found at Bulford

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Excavations on MOD land in Bulford, Wiltshire, have uncovered 150 Anglo-Saxon graves spanning the later 7th to early 8th century, and a ...

Anglo-Saxon graves and Neolithic pits and monuments found at MOD army base where anti-tank weapons were tested

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The graves of men, women and children could have contained members of the same families on Salisbury Plain This workbox was found in ...
Sunday, 20 March 2016

Unique jewellery from the British Isles found in Danish Viking grave

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A Danish Viking burial site contains a buckle that may have come from Ireland or Scotland.  The history of this bronze buckle might sha...
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David Beard MA, FSA, FSA Scot
I am a freelance archaeologist and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland specializing in the medieval period. I have worked as a field archaeologist for the Department of Environment (Northern Ireland) and the Museum of London. I have been involved in continuing education for many years and have taught for the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) and the Universities of London, Essex, Ulster, and the London College of the University of Notre Dame, and I was the Archaeological Consultant for Southwark Cathedral. I am the author of and tutor for an OUDCE online course on the Vikings, and the Programme Director and Academic Director for the Oxford Experience Summer School.
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