A bed burial is a type of burial in which the deceased person is buried in the ground, lying upon a bed. It is a burial custom that is particularly associated...
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The Trumpington bed burial is an early Anglo-Saxon burial of a young woman, dating to the mid-7th century, that was excavated in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire...
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beliefs, but do follow religious traditions. Bed burial Burial Act 1857 – UK law about exhumation Burial mound Corpse road Museum of Funeral Customs State...
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Trumpington (section Trumpington bed burial)
on the Trumpington Meadows site discovered a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bed burial for a young woman aged about 16 years old, in a field on the outskirts...
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Harpole (section Harpole bed burial)
April 2022 archaeologists found an Anglo-Saxon woman's grave, the Harpole bed burial, at a site in Harpole being developed for housing by Vistry. The discovery...
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Harpole Treasure (redirect from Harpole bed burial)
Harpole Treasure is a collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts excavated at a bed burial discovered in spring 2022 in Harpole, Northamptonshire, England. It includes...
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Anglo-Saxon Trumpington bed burial held a 60cm by 155cm bed with pieces of looped wrought iron, which may have held the bed base.[1][2] The beds are thought by...
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the sand. Bed burial Eaves-drip burial List of Anglo-Saxon bed burials List of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial Norse funeral...
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coffins or were lined with stones. High status burials, often held burial furniture, predominantly burial beds. Grave goods were often placed with the body...
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Anglo-Saxon bed burial dating to the seventh century AD was discovered within a reused Bronze Age barrow on Swallowcliffe Down in 1966. The burial was that...
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