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Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Grave 42

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GRAVE 42. A child, sex unknown; 6-12 months old; the skeleton is in very poor condition but the burial was probably on the left hand side with the legs slightly contracted; 35 deg., 2ft. 4 in. deep.
   Finds. A silver-plated bronze buckle (Fig. 9, No.7) at the left waist, tongue pointing right. The tongue has a rectangular shield.


silver-plated bronze buckle

   A hand-made pot of black corky fabric with shell grit. The pot was poorly made and fired and in three places the surface had flaked off, probably in the process of firing.


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