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Sarre Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Grave 233

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GRAVE 233 - Two spear-heads, an umbo, and an iron rivet or clamp lay in the upper soil; lower down appeared three rectangular bronze ornaments, each one inch by three-quarters of an inch, and once attached probably to leather or wood by studs at the corners. One bears an ornament of interlaced chainwork, another two rudely designed dragons intertwining, the third a. dragon of another design, perhaps with a head at each end. All are unique in this country. In this grave were also a small iron wedge or cold chisel, two inches and a quarter long, a knife, a bronze stud, and a metal ornament, much corroded, with thin edgings of gold. Traces of a bier or coffin were also found.

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