Burton, E. (2007). New discoveries at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Rescue News 102. Vol 102, pp. 1-3.

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Title:		 New discoveries at St Martin-in-the-Fields
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Issue:		 Rescue News 102
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Series:		 Rescue News
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Volume:		 102
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Page Start/End:		 1 - 3
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 Construction work at St Martin-in-the-Fields, central London, to provide new facilities for the church allowed an opportunity for the archaeological investigation of its past. The investigation included recording of re-used grave markers from the post-medieval burial ground and parts of the standing buildings. Excavations from 2005 to 2007 confirmed a Saxon presence at the site as well as revealing late Roman evidence. Finds included a Roman limestone sarcophagus containing human remains from the late-fourth or fifth century AD, and a tile kiln last fired in the early-fifth century. High status Saxon burials and grave goods confirmed that a seventh-century cemetery existed on the site; the grave goods included a glass palm cup, a copper hanging bowl and a small triangular gold pendant found in close association with beads and silver wire. A large number of Saxon refuse pits in the eastern part of the site, and a small number of medieval and post-medieval features including wells and pits were also encountered. An area in the northwest of the site revealed a total of twenty-nine burials from a burial ground dating to the medieval period, as well as evidence of the alignment of the Tudor church.
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Author:		 Emily Burton
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Other Person/Org:		 Damaris D Dodds (Abstract author)
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Year of Publication:		 2007
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Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Silver Wire (Auto Detected Subject)
CHURCH (Monument Type England)
Tile Kiln (Auto Detected Subject)
Limestone Sarcophagus (Auto Detected Subject)
Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
Human Remains (Auto Detected Subject)
Tudor (Auto Detected Temporal)
CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
Triangular Gold Pendant (Auto Detected Subject)
Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Postmedieval Features (Auto Detected Subject)
GRAVE (Monument Type England)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
Glass (Auto Detected Subject)
Copper Hanging Bowl (Auto Detected Subject)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Beads (Auto Detected Subject)
PIT (Monument Type England)
Grave Markers (Auto Detected Subject)
Wells (Auto Detected Subject)
Fifth Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
Refuse Pits (Auto Detected Subject)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
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Created Date:		 15 Apr 2008