Anglo-Saxon
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Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History
Annual journal concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period published by Oxford University Committee for Archaeology.
Sutton Hoo
Online tour of the famed Anglo-Saxon royal cemetery, courtesy of The Sutton Hoo Society: interactive map brings up information of features of the site. Visitor information.
Map of Anglo-Saxon England
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/oe-map.html
Matthew White shows the kingdoms c.860 and major sites. From the Old English Pages.
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Yorkshire
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/sites/york_environs/menu.htm
Interim report 1996 on excavations of an Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian settlement at Cottam, directed by Dr Julian Richards for the Archaeology Department, York University.
Anglo-Saxon Derbyshire
http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~aczkdc/asd/database.html
Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust has created a site database searchable by using an image-map showing the distribution of sites or by a text-based index. Bibliography.
Old Ruins, New World
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba60/feat2.shtml
Article by Tim Eaton in British Archaeology on the way in which abandoned Roman sites in Britain were plundered for stone by Anglo-Saxon church builders.
St Peter's Church, Barton upon Humber
http://www.stpetersbarton.org.uk
Results of the excavation of this Anglo-Saxon and later church, with the only extant Anglo-Saxon baptistery. Includes maps, phase plans, church memorials, history, bibliography and glossary.
Archaeologists Take the Wraps off Lady Godiva
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/08/23/ngodi23.xml
The Telegraph reports that archaeologists have reconstructed what could be a glass portrait of Lady Godiva.
St Laurence's Chapel at Bradford-on-Avon
http://www.arch.soton.ac.uk/Research/bradford/
Southampton University explains its work on one of the best-preserved early church buildings in England. History, architecture, excavation, interpretation and computer-based reconstructions.
Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries
http://www.gla.ac.uk/archaeology/resources/Anglo-Saxon/cemeteries/
Cemeteries database drawn mainly from central and central southern England, compiled as part of a PhD thesis, is provided by Jeremy Huggett of Glasgow University.
Flixborough Anglo-Saxon Settlement, North Lincolnshire
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/archaeology/flixboro.htm
An illustrated description from Hull City Council of the excavation by Humber Archaeology (1989-1991) of an exceptionally wealthy Anglo-Saxon site. Images of fine objects.
Anglo-Saxon Coins
http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/sdk13/ascoins.html
Simon Keynes provides images of coins from several reigns, covering early to late Saxon.
Thomas Bateman's Ten Years' Diggings
http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~aczkdc/tenyrs/bindex.html
Antiquarian Bateman uncovered many 7th-century barrow burials in the Peak District. Biography and extracts from his publications of 1848 and 1861.
Suffolk Site Throws up New Treasures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/802819.stm
BBC News announces that an Anglo-Saxon cemetery has been uncovered during an archaeological dig at Sutton Hoo, where a wooden ship and treasure were discovered in 1939.
ORB: Anglo-Saxon England
http://the-orb.net/encyclop/early/pre1000/asindex.html
Academic site with a wealth of resources. Provides essays, bibliographies, images, documents, links, and other resources.
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
The University of Durham hosts information on this publication project. Includes images and a map showing the counties covered by each volume.

