Bergh Apton Anglo-Saxon cemetery

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Reconstruction of the lyre from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. A similar instrument was excavated at Bergh Apton. Sutton Hoo lyre (reconstruction).jpg
Reconstruction of the lyre from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. A similar instrument was excavated at Bergh Apton.

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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References

  1. ↑ Penn, Kenneth; Brugmann, Birte; Høilund Nielsen, Karen (2007). Ayers, Brian; Glazebrook, Jenny (eds.). "Aspects of Anglo-Saxon inhumation burial: Morning Thorpe, Spong Hill, Bergh Apton and Westgarth Gardens". East Anglian Archaeology Reports (119). Dereham: Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. ISBN   978-0-905-59445-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bergh Apton Anglo-Saxon cemetery collection". Museums, Libraries and Archives Council . Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Green, Barbara; Rogerson, Andrew (1978). "The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Bergh Apton, Norfolk: Catalogue". East Anglian Archaeology Reports (7). Gressenhall: Norfolk Archaeological Unit. OCLC   13595544.
  4. 1 2 Buckberry, Jo (2000). "Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children". Assemblage: The Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology. Sheffield: University of Sheffield . Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 Spooner, Sarah (16 August 2005). "Parish Summary: Bergh Apton". Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Hoggett, Richard (2010). The Archaeology of the East Anglian Conversion. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. p. 120. ISBN   978-1-843-83595-0.

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