Digital copy of view of site, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1948-49. Digital image only
SC 766758
Description Digital copy of view of site, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1948-49. Digital image only
Date 8/1948
Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England
Catalogue Number SC 766758
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of G 93882 PO
Scope and Content Excavations, Farthing Down, Surrey This is a view of the excavations of flat graves in progress at Farthing Down, Surrey. This site consisted of a flat grave Anglo-Saxon cemetery of at least seven burials and barrows or burial mounds. Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are the best source of evidence on Anglo-Saxon life, as they often contain a wealth of grave goods. Barrows or burial mounds in Anglo-Saxon society were often reserved for the elite. This idea is supported by the fact that not everyone was buried in them, as was the case at Farthing Down where several of the burials were in flat graves with no above-ground structure. Farthing Down is an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating to the late 6th/early 7th century. In 1945, Brian Hope-Taylor discovered Romano-British field systems in the same area. This research led to the 1948-9 excavations at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Accession Number 2001/164
External Reference HT/54/17
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