Migration to Early Medieval burial
The site of a possible Anglo Saxon burial dating to the Migration or Early Medieval period. An urn and fragments of human bone were found within a earth mound. The site lies 600m north of Long Itchington.
1 Anglo-Saxon pot (Anglian decoration) found in 1864 when digging for stone within half a mile of the village of Long Itchington, ‘upon a high mound presumed to be a barrow’ or burial ground (info on old label with the pot and bones in Warwick Museum. The finds were presented in 1864). Could this be the site?
2 The bones are of an adult of over 25 years, or possibly parts of two adults.
3 An urn is in Warwick Museum (A21;A). The high mound mentioned in reference 1 is no longer there, presumably it was totally destroyed by the stone digging or later activity.
4 Ref 1 is the source of 2 and 3 and it is clear that the location is uncertain.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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