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.

A detailed report of the 1880's excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge, first published in 1925.

E. J. Hollingworth (Author), M. M. O'Reilly (Author)

9781108045049, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 February 2012

78 pages, 12 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 0.5 cm, 0.11 kg

The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge, was discovered in 1881, while ground was prepared for the construction of tennis courts. More of the cemetery was unearthed in 1886, when the foundations for the Tower Wing were being laid. The area was excavated under the supervision of Francis Jenkinson (1853–1923), and the urns and other material found on the site date it to roughly the fifth and sixth centuries CE. The graves contained domestic utensils - tweezers, needles, pots for food and cooking - and personal items, such as ivory combs and bronze brooches. Written by Girton alumnae Edith Hollingworth and Maureen O'Reilly, this detailed report of the excavations is based on notes left by Jenkinson, and was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1925. According to a contemporary reviewer, the work of Hollingworth and O'Reilly provides a 'duty to their College and a real service to archaeology'.

Note
Introduction
1881 excavations: inhumation
1886 excavations
1881 excavations: cremation
Range of dates of the cemetery
Conclusions
Evidence for earlier occupations of the site
Index.

Subject Areas: Medieval European archaeology [HDDM]