Bergh Apton Anglo-Saxon cemetery explained

Bergh Apton Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a late-5th to late-6th century Anglo-Saxon burial site discovered at Bergh Apton, Norfolk.[1] The site was excavated in 1973 and 63 graves were found.[2] The south and west portions of the site had previously been destroyed.[3] The state of preservation of the skeletal remains was described as "very poor" due to the acidity of the soil and the sex of individuals was determined by grave goods.[2] [4] [5] Grave goods found at the site included weapons, shields, spears and jewellery. One grave, possibly of a minstrel-poet, was found to contain a lyre similar to that found at Sutton Hoo.[2] Twelve of the graves were those of children aged under 12 years.[4] No evidence for an Anglo-Saxon settlement adjacent to the cemetery has been found.[5] [6]

The artefacts are currently held by Norwich Castle Museum.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Aspects of Anglo-Saxon inhumation burial: Morning Thorpe, Spong Hill, Bergh Apton and Westgarth Gardens. East Anglian Archaeology Reports. 119. 2007. 978-0-905-59445-3. Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. Kenneth. Penn. Birte. Brugmann. Karen. Høilund Nielsen. Brian. Ayers. Jenny. Glazebrook. Dereham.
  2. Web site: Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Bergh Apton Anglo-Saxon cemetery collection. 4 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210545/http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/7116. 23 September 2015.
  3. 7. 1978. The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Bergh Apton, Norfolk: Catalogue. Barbara. Green. Andrew. Rogerson. East Anglian Archaeology Reports. Gressenhall. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 13595544.
  4. Web site: Jo. Buckberry. Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children. Assemblage: The Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology. University of Sheffield. Sheffield. 2000. 5 March 2015.
  5. Web site: Norfolk Historic Environment Service. Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Parish Summary: Bergh Apton. Sarah. Spooner. 16 August 2005. 5 March 2015.
  6. Book: Hoggett, Richard. The Archaeology of the East Anglian Conversion. 2010. 120. The Boydell Press. Woodbridge. 978-1-843-83595-0.

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