In 2004,
excavation work began on one of the most remarkable archaeological finds ever
made in England . At Street House Farm, a
little to the north-east of Loftus, was unearthed a 7th century
burial site containing the remains of an Anglo-Saxon princess.
Over the course
of the next few years, experts painstakingly retrieved the grave goods and
unravelled the story of the site, until the goodies themselves were put on
display at Kirkleatham Museum in the spring of 2011. Some of the pieces are associated with a
rare – and high status – ‘bed burial’, in which a female body was laid to rest
on a wooden bed accompanied by gold jewellery. A gold pendant (said to be
“unparalleled” in the Anglo-Saxon world), glass beads, pottery, iron knives,
belt buckles (among other objects) formed the priceless core of the finds from
a site which, in all, included over 100 grave plots.
After protracted
debate (including mention in the House of Commons), a Heritage Lottery Fund
grant of £274,000 helped the local authority/museum in their purchase of the
treasure from the Crown, meaning that it could be retained in the region.
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I been walking around this area today where is the burial site mick I find it very intresting
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