The early Anglo-Saxon cemetery and later Saxon settlement at Springfield Lyons, Essex

Author

Tyler, Susan; Major, Hilary; Appleyard, Harry M. (Contributor); Crowfoot, Elisabeth (Contributor); Mays, Simon (Contributor); Murphy, Peter (Contributor); Ryan, Pat (Contributor); Wilkinson, Tony J. (Contributor); Holden, Sue (Illustrator)

Document type

Journal

Language

English

Source

East Anglian archaeology/The early Anglo-Saxon cemetery and later Saxon settlement at Springfield Lyons, Essex. 2005, Num. 111, xii, 212 p., ill., maps, plans, bibliogr., index

ISSN

0307-2460

Abstract (en)

Presents the second of three reports detailing the excavations of multi-period cropmark sites at Springfield, near Chelmsford. The Saxon cemetery is superimposed on a circular Bronze Age enclosure, and may owe its location to the partial survival of the earlier monument. The Early Saxon features comprised a mixed cremation and inhumation cemetery. About half the inhumations contained grave-goods. A small number of the cremations also had artefacts. The grave-goods give a date range of ca.450-700 for the cemetery. A Late Saxon cemetery superimposed over the earlier one comprised at least 16 buildings and associated pits and fence lines, representing at least three phases of occupation. Finds suggest a date range of ca.850-1200, but the bulk of the pottery dates to the 10th c. and it is probable that it is primarily to this century that the settlement belongs. The site may be the forerunner of Cuton Hall, listed in the Domesday Survey. A variety of building techniques were employed and some structures could have belonged to the cemetery. The majority of the buildings had agricultural functions as granaries, barns, cart sheds, or animal byres. One may have been a bell tower, and another could have been a post-mill.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture and excavations -- United Kingdom
• Excavations
• Great Britain
• Springfield (Essex, GBR)
• Cemeteries
• Architecture
• Anglo-Saxon
• Archaeological finds
• Grave goods
• Rural architecture
• 400-1200
• Cuton Hall||Springfield (Essex, GBR)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture et fouilles -- Royaume-Uni
• Fouilles
• Grande-Bretagne
• Springfield (Essex, GBR)
• Cimetière
• Architecture
• Anglo-saxon (art)
• Trouvaille
• Mobilier funéraire
• Architecture rurale
• 400-1200
• Cuton Hall||Springfield (Essex, GBR)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024292

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