More information : (TQ 87828733) Roman & Saxon Burial Gd (NAT) (1)
The Roman and Saxon cemetery occupies an area of about 200 yds by
90 yds to the east of the Saxon settlement (TQ 88 NE 13). Between
1923 and 1930 over forty inhumations were found mainly Saxon,
with one possibly of the Bronze Age, and a few Roman burials
including one in a lead coffin. Grave goods found included weapons,
a gold pendant, brooches, a bracteate, etc. Other finds from the area
and the adjoining railway cutting include Roman tiles, an Iron
Age pot, an iron spear, and two Roman coins. (2-3)
IA pottery also found at this site. (4)
Additional reference. (5)
Part of the slope to the east of the Prittle Brook beyond the line of the priory precinct is thought likely to contain further evidence of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating from the 6-7th centuries AD, which was partly disturbed by road and railway construction in 1923 and 1930. Finds from the exacavations carried out around that time are now in Southend Central Museum. (6)
Additional source which mentions the site in the wider context of Anglo-Saxon grave goods. (7)
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