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THE Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, which lies a few yards north of the Roman road from Cambridge to Godmanchester, was discovered in 1881 in the course of building operations. About 150 cremation interments and 75 to 80 skeletons were then brought to light. Further discoveries were made in 1886; but while the authors of the book have been able to avail themselves of the careful notes of the late Mr. Jenkinson from the earlier excavations, the conditions under which the later examination was made precluded anything like a detailed record. The authors have performed a pious duty to their College and a real service to archaeology in working up the material provided by these notes and by the actual objects, some on loan from Girton College, which are now in the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge. The cemetery was evidently of considerable size, and presents several points of considerable interest. Cremation and inhumation were practised contemporaneously throughout the whole period of pagan Saxon occupation. A fragment of pottery suggests that the site may have been occupied so early as the Middle Bronze age, and two Roman cremated burials were also found.
The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge: a Report based on the MS. Notes of the Excavations made by the late F. J. H. Jenkinson, M.A.
E. J.
Hollingworth
M. M.
O'Reilly
By. Pp. vii + 38 + 12 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1925.) 4s. net.
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The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge: a Report based on the MS Notes of the Excavations made by the late F. J. H. Jenkinson, MA . Nature 117, 619 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117619b0
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