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when the building work was going on for either the playhouse or the kremlin,i seem to remember that two intact saxon coffins were found.does anyone know what became of them,what was in them and where are they now?

Saxon??? Never heard of that.

simonm wrote: Saxon??? Never heard of that. it wer int eevnin posst

I take it, they must have been stone? Saxons burials were usually the corpse being laid in the feotal position, buried with grave goods.

simonm wrote: I take it, they must have been stone? Saxons burials were usually the corpse being laid in the feotal position, buried with grave goods. only remember the story in yep,then ....nothing.

Just been on the YEP site and can find nothing about it?

wiggy wrote: simonm wrote: I take it, they must have been stone? Saxons burials were usually the corpse being laid in the feotal position, buried with grave goods. only remember the story in yep,then ....nothing. the newspaper used the word 'sarcophagus',not coffin.

wiggy wrote: simonm wrote: I take it, they must have been stone? Saxons burials were usually the corpse being laid in the feotal position, buried with grave goods. only remember the story in yep,then ....nothing. i've been looking all day,i have lived in this back-water for 7yrs now,and i was in my taxi when i read it.in cross gates.yep only seems to go back 5yrs or so.

Not doubting your word, but I really think the YEP have got this wrong. Saxon's were very rarely buried in any other way than feotal positions with a selection of grave goods. Usually knives, cups jewellery etc. If a couple of stone sarcophagus were found then the occupants must have been the most important saxons in the country???? Would love to find out more on this.Edit to add. It may have been a stone lined "coffin"? Some Roman burials (which predate saxon) have been found with a dug grave and the grave lined with stone. These, however were always for very high status occupants. I suppose it's possible for something like that to be discovered?

If you can't find it in the Y.E.P search engine it doesn't mean it's not been covered as a story. I've searched many times for stories from only weeks earlier i've read myself. I've typed in every relevant search word i can think of only to get about 200 not very relevant articles! I find Leodis search engine equally as bad!