SDO9802 - Early Anglo-Saxon burials at the ‘Trumpet Major’ public house, Alington Avenue, Dorchester

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Type Article in serial
Title Early Anglo-Saxon burials at the ‘Trumpet Major’ public house, Alington Avenue, Dorchester
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1984
Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society 106, 149-152

Abstract/Summary

A report reinterpreting a series of graves and other features found at Wareham House and adjacent sites in the late 19th century. The grave goods: 2 iron knives, 3 silver rings, 4 glass beads and a bone comb are described in detail and illustrated. The remains appear to be a small cemetery of the late 6th-7th century AD date.

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Description

Finds drawings.

Location

Referenced Monuments (2)

  • Wareham House, Alington Avenue, Dorchester; Post Roman cemetery (Monument)
  • Wareham House, Alington Avenue, Dorchester; Prehistoric pits (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Wareham House (Trumpet Major), Alington Avenue, Dorchester (Ref: DCM 1938.10.1-5)

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May 31 2018 11:28AM