The New Murrey and Blue blog

Exciting finds are still being unearthed, this time another Anglo-Saxon burial ground that is proviing to be a trove of treasure and information.

“….The site, in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, contained 138 graves, with 141 regular burials and five cremation burials, which makes it one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds ever uncovered in Britain….”

“….Items from the 5th and 6th centuries were found, including 89 brooches, more than 2,000 amber beads, 51 knives, 40 buckles, 15 spearheads, and various other metals and raw materials used to make the artifacts….”

Sometimes it’s quite astonishing that such things are still being found. You’d think that after all this time, a site as large as this would have been discovered long since. It always makes me hopeful that one day something will be found that will go toward exonerating Richard III. I don’t know what, exactly, just something Anything!

As for Wendover, not a clay pipe anywhere to be seen. That’s because they’re all awaiting discovery in my back garden! Perish the thought that something truly significant historically might turn up in my hallowed soil! 😁