Anglo-Saxon Burials (Hepple)
In a quarry near Hepple several undoubted Anglian burials have been found. (1)
No quarry can be discovered in the vicinity of Hepple, the nearest being the disused quarry at Hetchester 900m north of Hepple. (Some glass beads are recorded in the vicinity of Hepple (see NT 90 SE 15) It is possible that they are connected with the Anglian burials). (2)
Anglo-Saxon grave group. Finds in Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne. Presumed one of the Anglian burials from a 'quarry near Hepple'. recorded by Greenwell. Two quarries recorded near Hepple in 1870's - Hetchester to the north (NT 983016) and Harehaugh to the south (NY 971999). Presented to British Museum by Greenwell in December 1879 (BM numbers 79.12-9.2080-2089. On loan from British Museum Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities.
Finds include: glass bead with bronze ring (1971.19.6/BM 79.12-9.2085); bronze chain (1971.19.8/BM 79.12-9.2089); vitreous ear pendent with bronze ring (1971.19.7/BM 79.12-9.2086); vitreous ear pendant (1971.19.5/BM 79.12-9.2088); iron knife (1971.19.3/BM 79.12-
9.2084); nail cleaner (1971.19.2/BM 79.12-9.2080); bronze wire ring (1971.19/BM 79.12-9.2087); bronze scoop (1971.19.1/BM 79.12-9.2081); iron strip with bronze ring (1971.19/BM 79.12-9.2082); iron strip (1971.19.3/BM 79.12-9.2083). A bone comb from the group was lost
before 1879. May represent no more than two graves. Possibly 7th century. (3)
Anglian burials noted by Greenwell in 1877, found in quarrying at Hepple. [Finds details as above]. Skeletal material in British Museum (Natural History). Possibly between three and nine burials. Ten recorded objects, eight of which normally associated with female burials. Possibly represents transitional phase between pagan cemeteries and churchyard burial. (4)
[Details as above]. 7th century AD. (5)
Miket suggests thatthey were found at NT983025 between Hepple and The Crutch Hill. (6a)
No quarry can be discovered in the vicinity of Hepple, the nearest being the disused quarry at Hetchester 900m north of Hepple. (Some glass beads are recorded in the vicinity of Hepple (see NT 90 SE 15) It is possible that they are connected with the Anglian burials). (2)
Anglo-Saxon grave group. Finds in Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne. Presumed one of the Anglian burials from a 'quarry near Hepple'. recorded by Greenwell. Two quarries recorded near Hepple in 1870's - Hetchester to the north (NT 983016) and Harehaugh to the south (NY 971999). Presented to British Museum by Greenwell in December 1879 (BM numbers 79.12-9.2080-2089. On loan from British Museum Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities.
Finds include: glass bead with bronze ring (1971.19.6/BM 79.12-9.2085); bronze chain (1971.19.8/BM 79.12-9.2089); vitreous ear pendent with bronze ring (1971.19.7/BM 79.12-9.2086); vitreous ear pendant (1971.19.5/BM 79.12-9.2088); iron knife (1971.19.3/BM 79.12-
9.2084); nail cleaner (1971.19.2/BM 79.12-9.2080); bronze wire ring (1971.19/BM 79.12-9.2087); bronze scoop (1971.19.1/BM 79.12-9.2081); iron strip with bronze ring (1971.19/BM 79.12-9.2082); iron strip (1971.19.3/BM 79.12-9.2083). A bone comb from the group was lost
before 1879. May represent no more than two graves. Possibly 7th century. (3)
Anglian burials noted by Greenwell in 1877, found in quarrying at Hepple. [Finds details as above]. Skeletal material in British Museum (Natural History). Possibly between three and nine burials. Ten recorded objects, eight of which normally associated with female burials. Possibly represents transitional phase between pagan cemeteries and churchyard burial. (4)
[Details as above]. 7th century AD. (5)
Miket suggests thatthey were found at NT983025 between Hepple and The Crutch Hill. (6a)
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EXCAVATION, Hetchester? 1899
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
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