1 An Anglo-Saxon inhumation was excavated from one of the defunct (Romano-British) corndryers. Analysis of the skeleton is accompanied by a description of the iron grave goods, which include a ...
A Migration period burial was found during excavations of a Romano-British Settlement near Billesley. The site lies m NW of Drayton Barn Cottages.
1 Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 2006-04-18T23:00:00Z
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
2 Further information on the find of this early medieval cast copper alloy amulter, and the interpretation of ...
A cast copper alloy early medieval amulet, with runic inscriptions on both faces was reported by a metal detectorist from Billesley. The runic inscription may be composed in Latin, not Anglo-Saxon, suggesting a Christian association and hence a date after c.1000 AD.