ANGLO-SAXON OXFORDSHIRE

HANBOROUGH - ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL SITE

Between 1955 and 1964 excavations were conducted at the City Farm in Hanborough prior to gravel digging. A number of Anglo-Saxon inhumation and cremation burials were found together with prehistoric features.

Photograph of Hanborough as recorded by E.T. Leeds

Few artefacts were found with these burials but a number are held in the Ashmolean Museum.

REFERENCES:

H. Case et al (1964-65) "Excavations at City Farm, Hanborough, Oxon", Oxoniensia, XXIX-XXX, pp1-98.

A. MacGregor and E. Bolick (1993) Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non- Ferrous Metals), BAR British Series 230.