Context (Related Documents)
Card label found with remains: 'Little Paxton 1961 Area A Isolated grave 1.'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Area A of Grave 1. Excavated by Peter V. Addyman and Charles F. Tebbutt, 1961-1962.
Event Date 1961
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The burial is male and was orientated East to West with a small iron knife, the burial was isolated and was likely associated with cremation burials nearby (See Addyman 1969, p. 65).
Event Date 1961
Author: Annie McKay

Context (References)
Tebbutt, C. F. and Lethbridge, T. C. (1962). 'Pagan Saxon burials at Little Paxton'. PCAS 55. p. 8-12
Event Date 1962
Author: Annie McKay

Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1969). 'Late Saxon settlements in the St. Neots area. II. The Little Paxton settlements and enclosures'. PCAS LXII. p. 59-93
Event Date 1969
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
14 bags of disarticulated human remains, damaged and fagmentary when excavated.
Event Date 14/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay

Description (Physical description)
Disarticulated human remains from inhumation, possibly from one individual, including vertebra, fragments of femur and three teeth now in 14 separate bags.
Event Date 5/9/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue