In the summer of 1982, children playing on a rope-swing beside Mill Lane noticed human bones in the hollow scoured out by their feet. The Police were initially called, who in turn called in the archaeologists.
The bones were those of a woman aged between 25 and 35, who had been buried with some of her personal possessions, including a bronze brooch and a necklace of glass and amber beads. These finds were dated to the 6th century AD.
An Anglo-Saxon burial had been discovered.
The finds and remains from the cemetery are now in store but are frequently accessed for display and new research. In 2006 a forensic reconstruction was commissioned based on the skull from a female grave demonstrating how far the available technology has progressed since the original excavation.
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