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MONUMENT NO. 79010

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During the excavation for an air-raid shelter in 1939 five Anglo-Saxon inhumations, a hanging bowl, two Roman coins used as weights, scales, work boxes and a gold bead were found. The weights and balance appear to be of late 6th or 7th centuries, but the hanging bowl is 5th century. The area was extensively excavated in 1982-3 and 1989-90. 226 inhumations were found in 195 graves, and a single cremation urn was also found. Circa 60% of inhumations were accompanied by grave goods, dating from the mid 6th century onwards.

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[TA 03122170] Anglo-Saxon inhumation burials found at
Barton upon Humber in 1939. Five skeletons, a bronze hanging
bowl, two cylindrical bronze workboxes, a set of scales and
eight weights (including two Roman coins) a decorated bronze
handle and a gold bead.(a) The bowl is probably sub-Roman work of the 5th Cent.; the two Roman coins used as weights are one of
Constantine II, and a larger, very much worn, early one of,
perhaps, Trajan. (1-2)

The above finds were made during the construction of an air
raid shelter by Mr. H.D. Fields. The objects are all in Hull
Museum.
Mr. Fields could not be contacted, but the site of the former
air-raid shelter is still visible at TA 03172175. (3)

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( 1) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (H.E. Dudley, 12.5.50)

( 2a) General reference

Hull Museum Publication No.208, illus

( 2b) Royal Archaeological Institute The Archaeological Journal

CFC Hawkes 103, 1947 Page(s)91

( 2) General reference

Dudley H E 1949 Early Days in North West Lincolnshire pp228-9

( 3c) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FDC 18-MAR-63

(4) by Audrey Meaney 1964 A gazetteer of early Anglo-Saxon burial sites

Page(s)151

(5) Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Lincolnshire history and archaeology

15, 1980 Page(s)88-9

(6) Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Lincolnshire history and archaeology

18, 1983 Page(s)96

(7) Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Lincolnshire history and archaeology

25, 1990 Page(s)51-3

(8) by G Drinkall and M Foreman 1998 The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Castledyke South, Barton-on-Humber

Sheffield excavation reports1 (1991) - 6

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