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Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Grave 7

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GRAVE 7. Sex and age of the skeleton unknown; only one bone part of a leg bone, was found in this grave, and the position of the finds in relation to the body can , therefore, only be estimated; 107 deg., 2ft. 1 in. deep.
   Finds. An iron knife at the left waist.

   A small bronze buckle (Fig. 8, No. 3) at the left waist.

   An iron axe-head (Fig. 4, No 6) found standing vertically, blade downwards, at the right arm.

iron axe-head

 

 

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